An educational and charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping the Japanese American community connected, informed and empowered – primarily through a community newspaper (Nichi Bei Weekly) and Website (www. nichibei.org). It publishes and distributes a San Francisco Japantown Map and Directory and presents annual educational programs such as: Films of Remembrance, pilgrimages to the former Angel Island Immigration Station and the former Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony, a commemoration of the atomic bombings, and the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival.