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Is new news good news for NikkeiWest?
May 23, 2024 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
When June Yasuhara heard the NikkeiWest was about to close, she told her best friend Denise Matsuzaki Hayashi about it. “I’m like, oh my God, let’s buy it, because my […] READ MORE
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Hawai‘i Herald newspaper will re-launch as San Times online news site
April 11, 2024 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
The Hawai‘i Herald stopped its printing presses in December, but it wasn’t the final chapter for the newspaper founded in 1980. But by early May, the spirit of the Herald […] READ MORE
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The end of the Hawai‘i Herald newspaper may not be the end of the story
December 21, 2023 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
A newspaper based in Honolulu that reported on the Japanese and Japanese American community has stopped its presses seemingly for good. But, there is a glimmer of hope that its […] READ MORE
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Mourning the passing of Martha Nakagawa
September 28, 2023 by Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei News
I find it hard to acknowledge the death of my good friend, Martha Nakagawa. I’m sure that many of you know the name because she was a reporter who wrote […] READ MORE
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Introducing … a new Japanese section
August 31, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Today marks a historic occasion in the legacy of the Nichi Bei News, as we take a bold leap to launch a new Japanese section. As we set out to […] READ MORE
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LASTING COMMITMENTS: Give generously to the Nichi Bei, onegai shimasu
August 29, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
On Sept. 2, 2019 the Nichi Bei Foundation will hold an online fundraising event, a celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of its founding, as well as the 120th anniversary […] READ MORE
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Historian ‘illuminates’ JA history
January 1, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
THE GREAT UNKNOWN: JAPANESE AMERICAN SKETCHES By Greg Robinson (Boulder, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, 2016, 400 pp., $45, hardcover) In Kenji Taguma’s resplendent foreword to this latest of historian […] READ MORE
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Nichi Bei Foundation awarded $30,000 grant from Takahashi Foundation
October 13, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
The Nichi Bei Foundation, an educational nonprofit organization that publishes the Nichi Bei Weekly Japanese American community newspaper, was awarded a $30,000 grant from The Tomoye and Henri Takahashi Charitable […] READ MORE
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Help us grow with our Membership Drive!
July 7, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
There is much news about Japanese American newspapers facing difficult challenges, threatening our collective existence, given the general downturn in advertising in today’s print media and a shift to more […] READ MORE
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Brenda Wong Aoki to present true ‘Forbidden Love’ story in San Francisco
May 12, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Storyteller and writer Brenda Wong Aoki will perform “Uncle Gunjiro’s Girlfriend: A True Story of Forbidden Love” with Emmy Award-winning composer Mark Izu and koto artist Shoko Hikage as part […] READ MORE
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