activism
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At Tule Lake, a moment of reflection and reckoning
August 1, 2024 by Carl Takei, Nichi Bei News
Over the July 4 weekend, I joined nearly 400 fellow pilgrims on the California-Oregon border for this year’s Tule Lake Pilgrimage. This site, unique among the World War II Japanese […] READ MORE
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Great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama discusses new book on activist at J-Sei’s Children’s Day event
May 23, 2024 by Erkki Forster
EMERYVILLE, Calif. J-Sei held its Children’s Day book event on May 5, featuring a conversation with Kai Naima Williams, the great-granddaughter of Japanese American civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, about […] READ MORE
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‘Visionary’ artist and activist Miyamoto’s life of ‘groundbreaking cultural work’ screens in SF, LA
April 25, 2024 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
At the beginning of the documentary film about her life, Nobuko Miyamoto, looking a bit shy and self-conscious, smiles at the camera and says, “I’m Nobuko Miyamoto. What else do […] READ MORE
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Rediscovering Ties: The history of Shofuso and the Philadelphia Japanese American community
April 25, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
The history between the Philadelphia area’s Japanese American community and the historical Japanese house known as Shofuso located in the city’s West Fairmount Park, was nearly lost to time as […] READ MORE
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2024 Los Angeles DOR salutes WWII resisters
March 14, 2024 by Takeshi Nakayama, Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The 2024 Day of Remembrance, held Feb. 17 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, commemorated the signing of Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, […] READ MORE
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PAUL YAMAZAKI: An appreciation of someone who helped give voice to people who look like me
January 1, 2024 by Michael Takeuchi, Nichi Bei News
Whenever this reporter visited City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, it often seemed that in the house of Kerouac and Ginsberg, books tended to find me instead of […] READ MORE
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Looking back and to the future: CANE celebrates 50th anniversary
August 31, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Just a decade after World War II, Japanese Americans in San Francisco faced another mass removal. In the name of urban renewal, the city of San Francisco demolished 60 blocks […] READ MORE
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Celebrating an ever-changing community with Nobuko Miyamoto
July 20, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Singer to perform Aug. 5 at San Francisco’s Presidio Theatre Nobuko Miyamoto’s career spans more than half a century. A childhood interest in music and dance led her to roles […] READ MORE
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Warren Furutani’s memoir sparks interest, but falls short
July 20, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
ac•tiv•ist, noun: a person who works to bring about political or social change By Warren Furutani (Warren Furutani: 2022, 272 pp., $21, paperback) For some 50 years, Warren Furutani has […] READ MORE
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‘Celebrating activism and community’ is theme of 50-year CANE anniversary on Aug. 19
June 22, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Anti-eviction protests by Japantown activists and residents to be commemorated In 1975 and 1976 in San Francisco, members of the Committee Against Nihonmachi Eviction (CANE) — tired of seeing residents […] READ MORE
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