SF’s Japantown
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S.F. J-Town’s redevelopment-era transformation
January 1, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
THE GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC: JAPANESE AMERICANS AND THE REMAKING OF SAN FRANCISCO By Meredith Oda (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019, 304 pp., $35, paperback) My first visit to […] READ MORE
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A life lesson from John Lennon, in Japantown
December 17, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Sadness and sorrow. Dec. 8 was the 40th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. Here’s my story on meeting him: I was a young teen in the summer of 1973, hanging […] READ MORE
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San Francisco Japantown businesses receive help, but are far from secure as pandemic ravages economy
November 5, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco’s Japantown community has come together to support its retail and restaurants in light of the ongoing pandemic. Such aid has been essential to helping keep many businesses afloat, […] READ MORE
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San Francisco J-Town merchants fear end to eviction moratorium
September 24, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Story update: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Sept. 23 to extend the commercial eviction moratorium through March 31, 2021. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said later that day […] READ MORE
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S.F.’s Japantown shows support for Black lives through art and education
July 2, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
A new Nikkei community group formed to support the Black Lives Matter movement held an event June 20 in San Francisco’s Japantown in celebration of Juneteenth. Organized by a group […] READ MORE
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S.F. J-Town’s Buchanan Hotel hosting homeless people
July 2, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
As part of San Francisco’s emergency housing program that was implemented March 18, 27 hotels are currently under contract to host homeless people, Chandra Johnson, the director of communications for […] READ MORE
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One injured in senior complex fire: Cause under investigation
June 18, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
One person was injured the evening of June 13 in a fire that was contained to the sixth floor of a senior housing complex at 1880 Pine St. near Japantown, […] READ MORE
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Efforts to support S.F.’s Japantown underway
June 4, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Japantown community leaders gathered May 27 for an online town hall meeting via the Zoom video chat application. Several organizations outlined their efforts to help Japantown through grants […] READ MORE
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Japantown’s Peace Plaza — A chance to heal
June 4, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Shattered tiles, forced removal and broken promises. To those unfamiliar with San Francisco Japantown, some might think that the Peace Plaza is just another open space in the city. But […] READ MORE
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In the midst of the global pandemic, waiting game continues for Bay Area J-Towns
May 7, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Two historic ethnic enclaves in the Greater Bay Area are among the communities that began May having learned that they must endure another month of shelter-in-place amid the ongoing coronavirus […] READ MORE
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