July 2020
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Ohtani falters in return to the mound
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
OAKLAND, Calif. — With the return of Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani made his much-anticipated return to the mound July 26 in Oakland. Ohtani, a […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Sobering Seventy-Five
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Dear Editor, Can you hold your breath for one minute, 15 seconds?Seventy-five seconds. One second for every year since atomic bombs were detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ask yourself: Are […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: California vs. Japan on COVID-19
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Dear Editor, As of July 20, 2020, California had 7,851 COVID-19 deaths and Japan had 988 deaths. That is a ratio of 7.9 to 1 and the ratio has been […] READ MORE
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Hibakusha haunted by survivor’s guilt 75 years after the atomic bombings
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
In the final days of World War II, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, respectively, which forever altered the […] READ MORE
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Ogawa monument vandalized during Oakland protest
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
The monument of the late Japanese American civic leader, Frank H. Ogawa, was vandalized in an Oakland, Calif. protest for racial justice July 25. “The bust was defaced with paint […] READ MORE
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Keeping an elder loved one connected to culture
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
These are tough times to find a place for a loved one who needs to be in assisted living or a nursing facility. Even along the West Coast, where most […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Yukiko Takei
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Yukiko Takei Sept. 16,1932 – July 12, 2020 TAKEI, YUKIKO, 87, passed peacefully at Brookdale North Fremont on July 12, 2020. Preceded in death by husband Gene Takei (2005). Survived […] READ MORE
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S.F. supervisor introduces ‘CAREN’ Act to outlaw racially motivated 911 calls
July 30, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton on July 7 introduced an ordinance to outlaw racially motivated 911 calls. The Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies, or CAREN, Act could possibly result in […] READ MORE
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Origami Now: Jumping Frog
July 30, 2020 by Linda Mihara, Nichi Bei News
View the step-by-step lesson below, followed by a video lesson. For regular monthly lessons, subscribe to the Nichi Bei News at: www.nichibei.org/subscribe Linda Mihara, Nichi Bei NewsNichi Bei News columnist […] READ MORE
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Miyuki’s lesson in mindfulness
July 16, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Thank You, Miyuki Written by Roxane Marie Galliez, illustrated by Seng Soun Ratanavanh (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2020, 32 pp., $17.95, hard cover) “Thank You, Miyuki” is the third […] READ MORE
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