October 2019
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Preserve your treasures before it’s too late
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei Web
April 18, 1906. San Francisco was struck by an earthquake, followed by a devastating fire, which left hundreds of thousands homeless, and which destroyed all of the public records at […] READ MORE
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Keiro Northwest closes its Seattle nursing facility
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Keiro Northwest, Seattle’s largest and oldest Asian Pacific Islander senior care program, recently closed its main nursing facility and other programs for senior citizens after a decade of declining revenues […] READ MORE
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Reflecting on 50 years of ethnic studies at where it all started
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Over the course of five months, from November 1968 to March 1969, protesters from the Black Student Union and the Third World Liberation Front chanted, “On strike, shut it down!” […] READ MORE
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90% of homes flooded in typhoon ineligible for gov’t support
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Flooding at levels of less than 1 meter made up more than 90 percent of the approximately 68,000 homes damaged by the destructive Typhoon Hagibis, the government […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Dear JAVA, where is your sense of compassion and understanding?
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Some of you probably know that the Japanese American Citizens League made a historic move at their last convention, which was held earlier this summer. They presented a resolution of […] READ MORE
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Paul Bannai, first Japanese American to serve in California State Legislature, dies at 99
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Former California State Assemblyman Paul Takeo Bannai, the first Japanese American elected to serve in the California State Legislature, peacefully passed away in Los Angeles, Calif. on Sept. 14, 2019. […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: A sign of fall or just a Waikiki tourist?
October 24, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
It’s that time of year when that large, edible, orange orb makes its appearance. It usually appears in October as that seasonal decoration with the traditional grin of someone who […] READ MORE
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Pilgrimage remembers 150 years after Wakamatsu Colony established
October 10, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
PLACERVILLE, Calif. ? Along a curved dirt path, sat a historical white farmhouse site surrounded by patches of green grass. The site was the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony […] READ MORE
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Hachimura can deliver for Washington and Japan, says NBA’s Silver
October 10, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Rui Hachimura has an opportunity to be “incredibly successful” in the pros if he commits to his craft and manages to navigate the challenges of life as a […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: Classical music behind barbed wires
October 10, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
(Editor’s Note: The following was co-written with Jonathan van Harmelen) In the tragic and difficult conditions faced by Japanese Americans confined in the War Relocation Authority camps during World War […] READ MORE
