April 2018
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Finding your ancestors in passenger records
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei Web
For Nikkei, finding those immigrant ancestors on passenger records is a good way to begin reconnecting with the past. Do you know when your Issei ancestors arrived in the U.S.? Did they come first to Hawai‘i? Or did they arrive in another port, such as Vancouver, Canada; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; or San Diego?… READ MORE
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THE HEART OF KANJI: Unconditional, without expectation
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
This is the second rule for a harmonious relationship (to read the first, please see the March 29, 2018 issue of the Nichi Bei Weekly): 無 (mu) means “nothingness.” The […] READ MORE
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Author Iwao Peter Sano, a Japanese American POW in the Japanese Army during WWII, dies
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Iwao Peter Sano, author of “1,000 Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese American POW,” passed away April 8 in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 93. In his book, […] READ MORE
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Japanese baseball ‘Iron Man’ Kinugasa, son of African American, dead at 71
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Hall of Famer Sachio Kinugasa, whose 2,215 consecutive games remain a Japanese record, died of colon cancer April 23 aged 71, people familiar with the matter said. Nicknamed […] READ MORE
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Kawauchi becomes first Japanese runner to win Boston Marathon since 1987
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
BOSTON — Yuki Kawauchi became the first Japanese runner in 31 years to win the Boston Marathon after besting the men on April 16 with a time of 2 hours, […] READ MORE
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Names of Imperial Army’s Unit 731 released
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
KYOTO — The National Archives of Japan has disclosed the names of 3,607 members of the Imperial Japanese Army’s notorious Unit 731 that conducted germ warfare experiments mainly on prisoners in […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Sachi Helen (Kawahara) Masaoka
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MASAOKA, SACHI HELEN (KAWAHARA), 90, longtime resident of San Mateo, passed away in Los Angeles on April 6, 2018. She was the seventh of nine children born to Momotaro and […] READ MORE
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Film examines little-known origins of famed 442nd unit
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
For Yonsei Stacey Hayashi, the effort to preserve the story of the famed all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team is not only a labor of love, but it’s also a part […] READ MORE
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Nicole Tachiki named 2018 Northern California Cherry Blossom Queen
April 26, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco’s 51st annual Cherry Blossom Festival crowned its 2018 queen April 14 during the ceremony held at the AMC Kabuki 8 in the city’s Japantown. The program, emceed by […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The apple of my eye
April 12, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
For the past several years, along with my usual brown bagged lunch of various cooked vegetables and my hybrid herbal and black tea, I’ve also packed an apple for my […] READ MORE
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