technology
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iPads for Issei, Nintendos for Nisei, and smartphones for Sansei
July 2, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
National Geographic recently named San Jose’s Japantown, located in Silicon Valley, one of the top 26 friendliest neighborhoods in the country. But within and surrounding this welcoming community many older […] READ MORE
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Youth’s ‘smart’ invention helps elderly and their caregivers
October 16, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Two years ago, Kenneth Shinozuka’s grandfather began wandering at night, resulting in accidents. Shinozuka witnessed his aunt struggling to stay up at night to watch over her father, who […] READ MORE
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Nikkei bridge the digital, generational divide
March 2, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Youth and seniors are slowly bridging the gap between the community through a series of workshops that are being held at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California […] READ MORE
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iTOUR THROUGH HISTORY: New app allows digital media to teach about the Japanese American incarceration experience
January 20, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Have the days when students learned about Japanese American history through textbooks gone by the wayside? As consumers latch on to the latest tech gadgets, some companies are using digital […] READ MORE
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77 mil. PlayStation user info may have leaked
April 28, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Sony Corp. said April 27 personal information of up to 77 million users of its PlayStation Network services around the world may have been leaked, calling on […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Closely watched owls
March 31, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
I have been spending a little time each day looking in on a family of owls. An owlhouse was built in Southern California by an owl lover, and a pair […] READ MORE
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Hot Gimmicky Schemes: Calculators
February 23, 2011 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
According to a release from Bandai and Sharp, a new calculator will be hitting Japan’s shelves in March. It won’t support trigonometric equations; it won’t computate cubic roots; but it […] READ MORE
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Schwarzenegger impressed by Japan’s bullet train technology
September 16, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
TOKYO (Kyodo) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sept. 14 took a test ride of a chartered shinkansen bullet train between Tokyo and Omiya in Saitama Prefecture, north of the […] READ MORE
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Taking Heart: Japanese American Medical Student Develops iPhone Application to Study Heart Murmurs
November 12, 2009 by Nichi Bei Web
When Michael “Fuj” Fujinaka started medical school two years ago he received a stethoscope. But he was not taught how to use it until his third year of school. “Basically […] READ MORE
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