June 2018
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: Unmasking the complexities of documenting queer Nikkei sexuality and history
June 21, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
This week’s column marks the 12th entry in the annual series on queer Japanese American history that I have undertaken to mark LGBT Pride Month. Previous entries have shed light […] READ MORE
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Mountain View Buddhist Temple impermanence
June 21, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
“How, are we going to do Obon … without rice?” Randy Sato, co-chair of this year’s Obon Festival and Bazaar at the Mountain View Buddhist Temple, pushed his tensed fingers […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Not your mother’s milk
June 21, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Most of us started life with our mother’s milk as our first form of sustenance. Then at some point, we started infringing on the sustenance of calves, namely cow’s milk. […] READ MORE
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San Francisco poet and activist dies
June 7, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Peter Kenichi Yamamoto — a poet, community activist, volunteer and one of the last surviving tenants of the famed I-Hotel — passed away in San Francisco during the early hours […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Masaru “Mas” Kawaguchi
June 7, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
KAWAGUCHI, MASARU “MAS”, 92, born Nov. 6, 1925, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2018. Beloved husband of Ida and loving father of sons Todd (Kate), Jeffrey (Pam), and daughter […] READ MORE
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Asian American candidates in Calif.
June 7, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
California held its primary elections June 5, resulting in several wins for Asian Americans, while many more were locked out of the November election in the state’s top-two primaries. Congressional […] READ MORE
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Nikkei honored for donating photo collection
June 6, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Patti Hirahara of Anaheim, Calif., who donated her family’s concentration camp photo collection to Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Department, received the Honorary Alumna Award from […] READ MORE
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