military
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New security laws in Japan
October 29, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Is Japan abandoning its brand of pacifism to wield military power in the Asia-Pacific and beyond? This question has been raised in Japan and foreign countries since the […] READ MORE
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Abe’s Yasukuni-Arlington comparison draws mixed reaction in U.S.
August 21, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — Tucked away in a secluded corner of the most sacred U.S. military burial ground, a small monument stands in a clearing surrounded by a copse of trees. Encircling […] READ MORE
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For Chen and Lew, Linsanity came too late
March 15, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
On a recent Sunday morning, I was glued to the boob tube watching a professional basketball game from the opening jump ball to the last waning second. Haven’t done this […] READ MORE
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Our country’s failure to stop hazing in the military
March 8, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
The U.S. military failed Lance Corporal Harry Lew and his grieving family, my constituents. On April 3, 2011, LCpl Lew took his own life shortly after enduring over three hours […] READ MORE
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Accounts of Nisei veterans’ valor and sacrifices
January 1, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
AMERICANS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY IN THE KOREAN WAR: STORIES OF THOSE WHO SERVED By Robert M. Wada (Orange, Calif.: The Paragon Agency, Publishers, 2010, 290 pp., $20, paperback) As the […] READ MORE
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A salute to Nikkei military leaders
January 1, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
NIKKEI GENERALS AND ADMIRALS: UNITED STATES MILITARY By Ansho Mas Uchima and Minoru Shinmoto (Fullerton, Calif.: Nikkei Writers Guild Division of Japanese American Living Legacy, 2010, 134 pp., $30, paperback) […] READ MORE
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SUS ITO: The life of an American soldier and noted biologist
November 11, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
Susumu “Sus” Ito is renown within the medical field for his work with the gastronomical tract. Despite retiring as a professor from Harvard Medical School in 1990, the 92-year-old continues […] READ MORE
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All’s not quiet on the ‘Homefront’
July 14, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
I’m surprised, to say the least, that there is a total lack of condemnation about THQ’s “Homefront.” After going through a full play- through of the game’s solo mode, I […] READ MORE
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JA veteran receives nation’s highest civilian honor just before passing
February 10, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
Menlo Park, Calif. — More than 100 people witnessed a historic event Feb. 3 involving a soldier from a historic World War II unit — the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, […] READ MORE
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Congress passes rare bill to allow Marine widow’s immigration
December 23, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — The House of Representatives, on Dec. 15, passed a private immigration bill that will pave the way for a Japanese widow of a U.S. Marine to live […] READ MORE
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