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Bringing a taste of Hawai‘i to the Bay Area
August 31, 2023 by Derek Tahara, Nichi Bei News
Diamond Head General Store, a mostly take-out restaurant with limited seating carrying Hawaiian plate lunches and Asian groceries and snacks, sits nestled in San Bruno, Calif. near the city’s park. […] READ MORE
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Anti-Asian hate ‘runs the gamut,’ racist Yelp reviews show
February 2, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — As if running a restaurant during a pandemic wasn’t tough enough, Christopher Wong also had to contend with a racist troll. “I will not have my dog eat […] READ MORE
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WHO director in Asia accused of racism, abuse put on leave
September 1, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
LONDON — The World Health Organization’s top director in the Western Pacific, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, has been indefinitely removed from his post, according to internal correspondence obtained by The Associated […] READ MORE
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Mark Izu’s reflective journey through music with ‘Songs For J-Town’ April 23
April 14, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
Nichi Bei Weekly Report Award-winning jazz musician Mark Izu will present his latest concert “Songs for J-Town,” featuring a personal reflection of his nearly five-decade musical journey, April 23 at […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Painful reminders of the past and present
January 1, 2022 by Nichi Bei News
Ah, the good news. The Warriors are on a winning streak, and they are so much fun to watch. We can watch some incredible athletes perform on the court and […] READ MORE
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Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success
October 28, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 in Tokyo, with […] READ MORE
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Kotome’s sustainable Asian American threads
September 2, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
Last year, when time seemed to slow to a halt and no one was sure how long the uncertainty and fear would last, two friends a world apart set out […] READ MORE
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More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents since pandemic began
August 19, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
The frequency of anti-Asian incidents — from taunts to outright assaults — reported in the United States so far this year seems poised to surpass last year despite months of […] READ MORE
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For a summer of fun and friendship, let’s vaccinate all youth 12+
August 19, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
When the COVID-19 pandemic led to prolonged shutdowns here in San Francisco, all of us had to find a new normal, working and going to school from home, ordering takeout […] READ MORE
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Report: Hate crime laws lack uniformity across the U.S.
August 5, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
NEW YORK — More than half a century since they were modernized, hate crime laws in the U.S. are inconsistent and provide incomplete methods for addressing bias-motivated violence, according to […] READ MORE
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