April 2020
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Involuntary sequestration
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
It is apparent that it’s not life as usual these days. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t even have had the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pass from animals to humans, […] READ MORE
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Little Tokyo community strategizes ways to stay in business
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Businesses in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo typically relied on foot traffic prior to the statewide shelter-in-place orders, which brought the state’s economy to a halt. Amid the shuttered retail spaces, […] READ MORE
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Country Wisdom: Maya Shiroyama runs the Kitazawa Seed Company with lessons learned from rural living
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Maya Shiroyama learned about growing food from an early age. When she was a very small child, her grandmother would bring her out on her parents’ new farm. To help […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Mikiko Eto
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Mikiko Eto Sep. 14, 1919 – March 23, 2020 ETO, MIKIKO was born on Sep. 14, 1919 in Castroville, CA and passed away suddenly, but peacefully at her home in […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Amy Oishi Takaki
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Amy Oishi Takaki June 29, 1915 – Jan. 25, 2020 TAKAKI, AMY OISHI, 104, a longtime resident of Berkeley, California died peacefully in her Berkeley home on January 25, 2020. […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kiyo Yamamoto
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Kiyo Yamamoto March 19, 1924 – March 7, 2020 YAMAMOTO, KIYO “KAY”, 95, of Oakland, CA, passed away surrounded by her family on March 7, 2020, twelve days short of […] READ MORE
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Hatsy Yasukochi, respected S.F. J-Town business owner, passes
April 9, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Noted San Francisco Japantown business owner, Hatsuye “Hatsy” Yasukochi, passed away from the coronavirus in the early morning of March 27, 2020. She was 80. Yasukochi was born March 7, […] READ MORE
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Woman recovers from COVID-19
April 9, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Adrian Arima and Monica Yeung Arima started feeling ill during their flight back to the Bay Area on March 3 from their vacation to London and Egypt. “It’s sort of […] READ MORE
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Cedrick Shimo, WWII military resister and Honda exec, dies at 100
April 9, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Cedrick Masaki Shimo, a World War II military resister and an executive at American Honda Motors, USA, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2020. He was 100. Shimo was the […] READ MORE
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Irene Hirano Inouye, head of U.S.-Japan Council dies
April 9, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — Irene Hirano Inouye, head of the U.S.-Japan Council and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, died April 7 in Los Angeles following an extended illness, […] READ MORE
