May 2020
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Docuseries offers fresh look at Asian American experience
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
“Asian Americans,” a five-hour film series chronicling the contributions and challenges of the fastest-growing ethnic group in America, is being shown this month on PBS during Asian Pacific American Heritage […] READ MORE
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Cameron Iwasa perseveres and scores with hometown team
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Cameron Iwasa never thought he would be playing professional soccer. The Sacramento Republic FC forward thought he would simply play the sport at the University of California, Irvine while pursuing […] READ MORE
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Alumni physician sisters battle COVID-19 in three cities
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
The Kagihara sisters — Jamie ’04, Jodi ’06 and Jaclyn ’08 – are physicians fighting COVID-19. Jamie is a pulmonary critical care intensivist at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Los […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The new normal?
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Even with some states judiciously re-opening for limited business, I don’t think we are ever getting back to the previous “normal,” at least not until next year, if at all. […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Nancy Nobuko Inouye
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Nancy Nobuko Inouye July 19, 1933 – March 19, 2020 INOUYE, NANCY NOBUKO passed away peacefully at age 86 on March 19, 2020 in Fresno, CA. She privately and bravely […] READ MORE
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Asian Americans have disproportionately high mortality rate from COVID-19 in California
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Asian Americans account for 52 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 in San Francisco, according to a new research brief released May 11 by the Asian American Research Center on […] READ MORE
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THROUGH YONSEI EYES: Life as I knew it
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
They say you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. You don’t know you’re riding a high until you come crashing down. I always knew my JET (Japan Exchange […] READ MORE
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Renaissance Journalism awards $185K to news orgs for COVID-19 coverage
May 21, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Renaissance Journalism has awarded $185,000 to 20 “nonprofit community, ethnic and university news organizations that are covering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area,” it […] READ MORE
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In the midst of the global pandemic, waiting game continues for Bay Area J-Towns
May 7, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Two historic ethnic enclaves in the Greater Bay Area are among the communities that began May having learned that they must endure another month of shelter-in-place amid the ongoing coronavirus […] READ MORE
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Bay Area chef J. Kenji López-Alt delivers meals to health care workers
May 7, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
The coronavirus pandemic has led to the closure of restaurants across the country. In the interim, many are selling takeout or offering meal deliveries.The Nichi Bei Weekly interviewed chef and […] READ MORE
