February 2020
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Glenn Yasuda, who made Berkeley Bowl internationally known for its excellent produce, dies at 85
February 27, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Berkeleyside. BERKELEY, Calif. — Berkeley Bowl, lauded for its seemingly endless varieties of fruits and vegetables, is in mourning after losing […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Masaye Nakamura
February 27, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Masaye Nakamura Aug. 7, 1923 – Feb. 13, 2020 NAKAMURA, MASAYE, 96, passed away on February 13, 2020 at home with her family. She was the steadfast matriarch of her […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Jun Maeyama
February 27, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Jun Maeyama June 3, 1925 – Jan. 26, 2020 MAEYAMA, JUN, 94, was born on June 3, 1925 in Winters, CA and passed away peacefully on January 26 surrounded by […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Whitey Hideo Shiro
February 27, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Whitey Hideo Shiro Jan. 1, 1928 – Feb. 12, 2020 SHIRO, WHITEY HIDEO, 92, passed away peacefully in San Francisco, CA. Whitey was born in Colusa, CA to Yoshimatsu and […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kimiyo Shironaka
February 27, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Kimiyo Shironaka Oct. 30, 1921 – Feb. 3, 2020 SHIRONAKA (MATSUSHITA), KIMIYO was born in Mills, CA to Iwagoro and Hisaye Matsushita. Her early years were spent in Sacramento, CA […] READ MORE
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Film uncovers little-known story of music in camp by incarcerated Nikkei
February 18, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
“For Joy,” a film by Julian Saporiti and the No-No Boy project, tells the little-known story of a Nikkei teenager who sang with a jazz band formed in the World […] READ MORE
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History maker Hachimura fuels NBA boom in Japan
February 13, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — After becoming the first Japanese player to go pro in the United States via the NBA draft, Rui Hachimura is the face of a basketball boom in his […] READ MORE
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Rally held Feb. 3 to save endangered marine mammal from U.S. base development
February 13, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Activists were expected to rally Feb. 3 in San Francisco to protest the construction of a U.S. military base in Japan that they say threatens the Okinawa dugong, an endangered […] READ MORE
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Japanese American concentration camp survivors call for closure of immigrant detention centers on 78th anniversary of wartime incarceration
February 13, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Members of San Francisco’s Japanese American community on Feb. 7 spoke about their experiences being incarcerated in camps during World War II, while standing in solidarity with present-day immigrants being […] READ MORE
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Berkeley: UC removes name of racist John Boalt from law school
February 13, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California at Berkeley announced Jan. 30 that it has removed from its law school the name of a man whose 19th century writing helped […] READ MORE
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