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Stakeholders seek community consensus, trust in S.F. Japantown’s future
January 1, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco’s Japantown is one of three remaining Japanese American ethnic enclaves in the United States. In its more than 100-year history, the Nikkei population in San Francisco’s Western Addition […] READ MORE
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Two years and still going!
September 22, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
With this issue, we have officially passed our two-year mark in publication as the first nonprofit ethnic newspaper of its kind in the country. Our first edition of the Nichi […] READ MORE
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Planning for a better SF Japantown neighborhood
September 16, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Japantown’s community members convened to discuss the Better Neighborhood Plan (BNP) draft proposals on the morning of Sept. 10. BNP organizers gave a quick presentation of the proposed […] READ MORE
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COMMENTARY: What IS the future of SF’s Japantown?
September 16, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
Dear Editor: San Francisco’s Japantown is one of three recognized Japantowns left in the United States. San Francisco’s Japantown in the Western Addition area of the City was decimated twice […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: The dilemma of defining and preserving a fragmented community
September 2, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
I took some time off to recharge my batteries, to use an old cliché, and now I’m back. In that interval, our nation has gone through such turbulence it is […] READ MORE
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Concerns over BNP density
September 1, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
As the Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan (BNP) Organizing Committee finalizes the draft of the BNP for the final public hearing, a new recommendation has raised some concerns among committee members. […] READ MORE
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Better Neighborhood Plan fields community input before revision draft
August 15, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Japantown community members attended a meeting held at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) on July 31 to discuss potential changes to the Japantown […] READ MORE
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Community meetings to address draft Better Neighborhood Plan
May 19, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
The Japantown Organizing Committee will hold three large community meetings to educate the community and receive input on the draft Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan, which will outline the vision of […] READ MORE
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Japantown Plan Moving Forward Slowly: Community Members Have “Second Chance” to Make Their Voices Heard
September 17, 2009 by Nichi Bei Web
Community members still have a chance to influence the fate of the Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan (BNP), which, once adopted, will govern how San Francisco’s Japantown will develop over the […] READ MORE
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