January 2018
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Little Tokyo senbei and arare maker Umeya closes business
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — There will be no more senbei and arare from Umeya. The longtime manufacturer and distributor of Japanese rice cakes and cookies closed down its operations on Dec. […] READ MORE
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100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd RCT monument in France refurbished
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Nestled in an undergrowth clearing near Bruyères, France is a monument dedicated to the members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion, who were instrumental in […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Yasko Gamo
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Gamo, Yasko, 89, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on New Year’s Day, the most sacred and important holiday in Japan. Yasko was born in Tokyo, Japan to a […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Tetsuo “Tets” Ihara
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
IHARA, TETSUO “TETS,” 93, born on April 15, 1924 of San Francisco passed away surrounded by his loving family and friends on the morning of December 18, 2017. Tets was […] READ MORE
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8 candidates file for SF mayor’s race
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
A total of eight people filed papers to run for San Francisco’s June 5 mayoral election by the Jan. 9 5 p.m. deadline, but several top city officials who had […] READ MORE
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Japan’s public broadcaster sends erroneous N. Korea missile bulletin
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Japan’s public broadcaster NHK erroneously issued an online bulletin Jan. 16 saying that North Korea had fired a missile, as the country remains on high alert for provocations […] READ MORE
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Hawai‘i issues ballistic missile warning by mistake
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i’s Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent an alert about an incoming ballistic missile Jan. 13 to residents across the state where a Cold War attack warning system has […] READ MORE
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THE HEART OF KANJI: Inu Doshi — Year of the Dog
January 18, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
戌 (Inu) means “dog.” This character represents an axe, a symbol for power, and the number one. So the dog can use the axe to gather many things into one. […] READ MORE
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Obituary: Edith Kazue Tanaka
January 4, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
TANAKA, EDITH KAZUE, 92, passed away peacefully at her home in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2017. She was born in Sacramento on July 31, 1925. She graduated from high […] READ MORE
