February 2019
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Nikkei WWII experience parallels Latino immigrants’ plight today
February 28, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The parallels between Japanese Americans who were persecuted during World War II and today’s Latino immigrants whose human rights are also being violated by the United States […] READ MORE
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Read all about it — Using newspapers to build your family tree
February 28, 2019 by Nichi Bei Web
Newspapers allow us to see into the historical period in which our ancestors lived. Newspapers help us to understand the general information about a time and place, and they are chock-full of treasures pertaining to the lives of our ancestors. Often, we are able to glean specific details which cannot be found anyplace else: a… READ MORE
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S.F. Public Defender Jeff Adachi, tireless social justice advocate and filmmaker, dies
February 28, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, whose David v. Goliath campaign for his seat in 2002 catapulted the longtime community activist into a highly visible city position, died Feb. 22, […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Misao Inaba
February 28, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
INABA, MISAO, 96, passed away in San Francisco on December 2, 2018. The eldest daughter of Kima and Kuhei Hamaoka, she was born in Fresno, CA, and spent her childhood […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Yae Yoshifuji Tondo
February 28, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TONDO, YAE YOSHIFUJI, 92, passed away quietly on the morning of February 10, 2019 surrounded by her family members. Born in Pescadero, Yae was one of nine children, and was […] READ MORE
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Getting to the heart of a nation
February 21, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
During its annual film showcase Feb. 23 in San Francisco’s Japantown, the Nichi Bei Foundation plans to present a series of short films on the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Anne Toshi/Hoshiko Akabori
February 14, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
AKABORI, ANNE TOSHI/HOSHIKO, 79, passed away on January 12, 2019. Anne was born in Sacramento, CA on January 23, 1939. She was raised in Isleton, CA by her parents Herbert […] READ MORE
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‘Tales of Clamor’ – a masterful, magical theatrical experience
February 14, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Silence … sadness … strength … solace — these words rippled through my mind as I watched the preview performance of “Tales of Clamor,” the new play about the Japanese […] READ MORE
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In exposing falsehoods, ‘Alternative Facts’ connects the past to the present
February 14, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
In the documentary, “Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066,”? Jon Osaki, who produced and directed the film, takes a new angle in telling the experiences of the World […] READ MORE
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Korematsu case re-enactment targets Trump’s anti-immigration policy
February 14, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
NEW YORK — A re-enactment in New York of Korematsu v. United States, a 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese Americans, was recently […] READ MORE
