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Academy Awards honors Asians
March 5, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
Tom Cross, who is Vietnamese American, received an Oscar for his film editing on “Whiplash,” the story of a young drummer at a cut-throat music conservatory. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The […] READ MORE
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A foreigner in everyone’s eyes
January 1, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
GAIJIN: AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR By Matt Faulkner (New York: Disney • Hyperion Books, 2014, 144 pp., $19.99, hardcover) People of Japanese descent on the West Coast were, without […] READ MORE
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Mixed race leukemia patient recovering at home
December 4, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
After months of hospital treatments and a second transplant, 8-year-old leukemia patient Baylor Nihei Fredrickson has been released from the hospital and returned home on Oct. 31. Baylor’s mother, Shari […] READ MORE
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A Match for Bay: Eight-year-old Nikkei battles leukemia
July 26, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
While most children play outside this summer, 8-year-old Baylor “Bay” Nihei Fredrickson from Albany, Calif engages in Nerf gun battles with nurses in between chemotherapy rounds. Baylor, who is of […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: The conflicted and self-destructive life of Tim Osato
January 9, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Amid all the joys of working on the historical sketches of “The Great Unknown,” one of my favorite pleasures is hearing from readers. I am gratified to see that my […] READ MORE
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FULL COUNT: Are Rex Walters and the Dons tournament bound this year?
January 1, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
The University of San Francisco Dons Men’s Basketball team went into winter break with a winning yet disappointing 5-4 record for head coach Rex Walters, who began the season with […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: The life and writings of hapa poet Ambrose Amadeus Uchiyamada
September 5, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
This week’s column traces some of the history of a hapa poet and journalist with the magnificent name Ambrose Amadeus Uchiyamada, who grew up under rather unusual circumstances. His father […] READ MORE
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FIGHT FOR MIKE: 19-year-old Michael Sakata’s battle against leukemia
July 11, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Despite the scorching 100-degree weather, Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes and former Sacramento Kings point guard Bobby Jackson joined about 45 other people to play in […] READ MORE
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Multiracial, multiethnic patients struggle to find marrow matches
July 11, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
Because Michael Sakata is of Japanese and Mexican ancestry, the need for new donors to register is crucial. Unlike blood donations, bone marrow matches depend more on the ethnicity of […] READ MORE
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New report details the changing demographics of the AAPI community
February 21, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
The Asian American Center for Advancing Justice released a new demographic report, “A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in California,” Feb. 4. The report provides […] READ MORE
