2019
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Layoffs by community legal center spark controversy
December 19, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The sudden decision by one of the nation’s leading Asian American civil rights and legal services organizations to lay off 19 of its employees on Oct. 7, […] READ MORE
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Canadian architect says Japanese roots shaped his aesthetic
December 19, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — For Raymond Moriyama, an award-winning Canadian architect of Japanese descent, the lessons of culture and community he takes from his ancestry formed the foundation of his aesthetics and […] READ MORE
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On healing the ache of the familiar
December 19, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
There is a particular ache that many Japanese Americans feel when we see images of our World War II mass incarceration, or “camp.” It’s a bittersweet struggle with recognition and […] READ MORE
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Japanese American man found stabbed in Orange County dies
December 19, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TUSTIN, Calif. — Detectives are searching for a murder suspect after a Japanese American man was found stabbed on a street in Tustin and later died, the city’s police department […] READ MORE
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Wartime documents shed light on gov’t role in recruiting ‘comfort women’
December 19, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — The Imperial Japanese Army asked the government to provide one “comfort woman” for every 70 soldiers, according to documents reviewed by Kyodo News on Dec. 6 that shed […] READ MORE
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First of 10 public artworks along future Central Subway line installed
December 5, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
With construction on San Francisco’s Central Subway expected to be completed next year, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced this week that the first piece of public artwork along […] READ MORE
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Asian Americans, other minorities still underrepresented in voter rolls
December 5, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
More than 3 million additional Californians will be able to cast a ballot in the upcoming presidential primary thanks to a groundswell of interest that has built up over the […] READ MORE
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Wat Misaka, who broke professional basketball’s color barrier, dies
December 5, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first person of color to play in professional basketball when he broke the color barrier in 1947, died Nov. 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He […] READ MORE
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‘Ultimate volunteer,’ JACL’s Greg Marutani, dies
December 5, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Greg Marutani, 72, of San Francisco, died Nov. 27, 2019, the Japanese American Citizens League said in a statement. The civil rights organization recognized the longtime chair of their National […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Misao Otsuki
December 5, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
OTSUKI, MISAO, 92, passed away peacefully at her home in San Francisco on October 22, 2019. She was born in 1926 in Turlock, California to Yonehichi and Suye Sugiura, the […] READ MORE
