July 2018
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Queering the inquiry of Asian American art
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
QUEERING CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICAN ART Edited By Laura Kina and Jan Christian Bernabe (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017, 296 pp., $90 hardcover; $40 paperback) This anthology grows out of […] READ MORE
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An illustrative guide to Japan
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla By Abby Denson (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2018, 128pp., $14.99, paperback) Those prone to wanderlust […] READ MORE
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Reconceptualizing the narrative of American art
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
THE OTHER AMERICAN MODERNS: MATSURA, ISHIGAKI, NODA, HAYAKAWA By ShiPu Wang (University Park, Penn: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017, 196 pp., $69.95, hard cover) I have always been intrigued by […] READ MORE
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A Nisei’s path to pacifism
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MY LIFE’S JOURNEY By Ted T. Tsukiyama (Honolulu, Watermark Publishing, 2017, 160 pp., $17.95, paperback) Ted Tsukiyama is a charter member of the Nisei, “the Greatest Generation.” Born in Hawai‘i […] READ MORE
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‘Jewel’ of a tribute to Heart Mountain
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MOVING WALLS: THE BARRACKS OF AMERICA’S CONCENTRATION CAMPS By Sharon Yamato (Washington: National Park Service, 2017, 64 pp., $19.95, paperback) Sharon Yamato is truly a lovely person. She is also […] READ MORE
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Seeing through ‘Haiku Eyes’
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
WRITE YOUR OWN HAIKU FOR KIDS: SEE THE WORLD THROUGH “HAIKU EYES” By Patricia Donegan (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2018, 48 pp., $10.99, hardcover) Poetry has often gotten a […] READ MORE
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Heart and courage: A Nisei veteran’s story
July 19, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MASAO: A NISEI SOLDIER’S SECRET AND HEROIC ROLE IN WORLD WAR II By Sandra Vea (Seattle: DMA Books, 2016, 360 pp., $18.99, paperback) As a visit to almost any American […] READ MORE
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Despite disappointment, Japan can take pride
July 5, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Following a tumultuous and at-times controversial journey to the knockout stage, Japan came close to reaching their first-ever World Cup quarterfinals on July 2 before having their […] READ MORE
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Japanese Americans condemn Trump Executive Order detaining families
July 5, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Los Angeles’ Nikkei Progressives and San Francisco/Bay Area’s Nikkei Resisters condemn the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has separated children from parents and placed them in child detention centers. […] READ MORE
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Critics oppose Trump’s plan for Arkansas detention site
July 5, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Three prominent natives of Arkansas expressed strong opposition to a plan by the Trump administration to study two sites in Arkansas for development as temporary facilities to imprison children of […] READ MORE
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