May 2019
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BORDER TOWN STORIES: Exploring Okinawa’s multicultural mishmash
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
A previous recipient of a Fulbright grant to Japan, author Akemi Johnson has written for outlets such as The Nation and National Public Radio, and contributed an essay to volume […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Concerns about conditions in S.F.’s J-Town
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Hello, after taking several tours of Japantown and the Peace Plaza, I am very concerned with the condition of the town. The Pagoda itself is rusting and has severe gaps […] READ MORE
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ELUSIVE DREAMS: Proud hapa finds marrow match but loses cancer battle
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
After enduring a year’s worth of treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Paul Ota decided to fly home to the Bay Area to pick up his universal passport. A universal passport is […] READ MORE
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WALKING THE MIDDLE PATH: USC professor engages hapa identity via Buddhism
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
If there’s one person besides, perhaps, Naomi Osaka, who has reinvigorated the subject of mixed race in the Japanese diaspora, it’s Duncan Ryūken Williams. Born and raised in Tokyo by […] READ MORE
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San Jose man arraigned in purse snatch robbery with all Asian victims
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE — A 26-year-old man who was arrested May 11 after being caught on camera allegedly robbing and dragging a woman and her young daughter down a flight of […] READ MORE
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Journalist considered ‘possible co-conspirator’ in theft of police report
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott on May 21 said a freelance journalist who was handcuffed for six hours while police raided his home and office is being considered by […] READ MORE
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Multiracial athletes of Japanese descent and their ascent
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
March 21, 2019, Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the bottom of the eighth, Ichiro Suzuki trotted off the baseball diamond for the last time, waving to an unusually emotional […] READ MORE
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Berkeley resident has measles, Berkeley public health confirms
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
BERKELEY, Calif. — The city of Berkeley announced May 17 that a resident has contracted measles. While the person is no longer contagious, city officials have advised anyone who visited […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: On processing the Crystal City pilgrimage
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
I’ve been home for a while since the March 29 to April 1 Crystal City, Texas pilgrimage and demonstration at Dilley, the largest detention center for asylum seekers in the […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Brassica oleracea italica
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Huh? Technically, it’s Brassica oleracea variation italica or that veggie that the 41st president refused to consume, the humble crown of broccoli. Why broccoli? For starters, broccoli crowns have been […] READ MORE
