2019
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OBITUARY: Fumiko Kunihara
November 21, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
KUNIHARA, FUMIKO, 95, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Oct. 31, 2019. She was born in Sacramento and raised in Auburn, California. In 1942, Fumiko was […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kirk Eiji Akahoshi
November 21, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
AKAHOSHI, KIRK EIJI passed away at the age of 44 from pancreatic cancer on November 6, 2019. He was a devoted husband, beloved son and grandson, dear brother, doting uncle […] READ MORE
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Gag Order Lifted!: Update on Tule Lake Litigation and Preservation
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
It has been over a year since the Tule Lake Committee filed a civil rights complaint in federal court to stop the sale of the Tulelake Municipal airstrip to an […] READ MORE
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JACL apologizes to Tule Lake incarcerees
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
The new generation of JACL leaders and members should be congratulated for acknowledging and understanding the need for voting in favor of the resolution offering a sincere apology to Tule […] READ MORE
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Missing cadet found dead
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadet Kade Kurita, 20, from Gardena, Calif., was found dead Oct. 22 at 9:47 p.m. at West Point, the U.S. Military Academy said in a statement. […] READ MORE
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Okinawa castle at World Heritage site destroyed in predawn fire
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
NAHA, Japan — The main buildings of a castle at a World Heritage site in Okinawa, regarded as a symbol of the southern Japanese prefecture, burned to the ground in […] READ MORE
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TULE LAKE ICON PASSES: Hiroshi Kashiwagi was a noted poet, playwright, author, actor and symbol of wartime resistance
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
When Hiroshi Kashiwagi was born in a boarding house in Sacramento, Calif. on Nov. 8, 1922, no one imagined that he would become a successful activist, writer, playwright, actor, and […] READ MORE
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Isao Tanaka, photographer and ‘No-no,’ dies
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Isao Tanaka, a so-called “No-no” who resisted the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans and took countless community photographs that were featured in various media, passed away peacefully at his San […] READ MORE
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American activist seriously injured in shooting in the Philippines airlifted back to SF
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
A San Francisco man seriously injured in a shooting in the Philippines back in August is back home with his family after he was able to flee the country with […] READ MORE
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San Francisco elects Paul Miyamoto sheriff
November 7, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Paul Miyamoto has been elected San Francisco’s new sheriff in the Nov. 5 election. According to the Bay Area Reporter, he will become the first Asian American sheriff in California. […] READ MORE
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