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Kip Tokuda awarded Order of the Rising Sun award

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:45:05 +0000

Last month, former Washington State Representative and former Japanese American Citizens League Seattle Chapter President Kip Tokuda was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun. The award recognized his contribution to strengthening and promoting friendly relations between Japan and the United States and for promoting the Japanese culture and welfare of Japanese Americans. At the [...]

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Puyallup Valley JACL installs newly elected officers

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:43:23 +0000

The Puyallup Valley JACL introduced its newly elected officers of 2012 and 2013 and also welcomed new members at its annual dinner. The recently disbanded White River JACL chapter has transferred its membership to Puyallup Valley’s chapter. The dinner welcomed the new members and also honored its scholarship winner, Madison Akemi Ikeda, recent Congressional Medal [...]

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NWAW staff earns four SPJ awards

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:41:47 +0000

The Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) presented its Excellence in Journalism Awards to the staff at Northwest Asian Weekly on May 19 at the Renaissance Hotel. NWAW won awards in four categories. —The staff (which includes Jason Cruz, Andrew Hamlin, Nina Huang, Vivian Nguyen, Han Bui, and Stacy Nguyen) got [...]

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Filipino Cultural Heritage Society throws successful 26th Pagdiriwang Festival

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:36:32 +0000

The Filipino Cultural Heritage Society (FCHSW) presented its 26th Pagdiriwang festival commemorating the anniversary of Philippine Independence. The event featured a cultural program rich with song, music, and dance, including a performance by the Fil-Am Society Choir and the Bayanihan Dance company, which performed in the same location during the World’s Fair in 1962. Willie [...]

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Hmong American women break from traditional roles

admin — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:26:26 +0000

By Gosia Wozniacka The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — In a crowded refugee camp in Thailand, Misty Her often sneaked away to a school house and listened through a hole in the wall. She knew she could never attend, being Hmong and a girl. For centuries, the Hmong — an ethnic minority group clustered [...]

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SIFF celebrates Studio Ghibli in “Castles in the Sky” series

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:24:03 +0000

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly In 1985, Japanese anime directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata joined forces to create a new studio for anime films. The studio’s name, Studio Ghibli, was named after an Arabic word meaning “Mediterranean wind,” with the hope that their works would blow a new wind through the world of [...]

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BLOG: White House Cabinet Secretary in Seattle

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:19:54 +0000

When Chris Lu, President Obama’s Cabinet secretary, was in town as the commencement speaker for North Seattle Community College (NSCC)’s graduation ceremony on June 15, I thought that I could get the latest scoop on Obama. “I can [only] give you the official version,” he said during the interview. My high hopes went down the [...]

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BLOG: An unusual graduate

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:02:47 +0000

By Assunta Ng At NSCC ’s commencement, one graduate stood out not because she is my friend, but because she is an older student who worked hard for her associates degree in business. She is also a mother with a daughter who graduated years before. My friend beamed with a smile when she received her [...]

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BLOG: An NBA star weds Chinese wife

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:41:51 +0000

By Assunta Ng Looks like NBA star James Donaldson just won the jackpot. He recently married a C hinese woman who works in a hotel in china. How did they meet? “Through Match.com,” Donaldson said without hesitation. It wasn’t until they met in person, though, that Donaldson found out she doesn’t speak English. And he [...]

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BLOG: Seattle Chinese Radio dream

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:36:30 +0000

By Assunta Ng The other day, a man called me saying he was from a group trying to start the Seattle chinese Radio. Although the group claimed to be the first, this would actually be the fifth group trying to start a local chinese radio program. I was involved with the first Seattle chi- nese [...]

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Search ends for Japanese climbers after avalanche

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:34:28 +0000

By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A shallow avalanche on Alaska’s Mount McKinley may not have killed four Japanese climbers, but the slide pushed them into a crevasse more than 100 feet deep, the National Park Service said Sunday. Spokeswoman Kris Fister said Sunday that the search for the climbers was [...]

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Chinese Community Girls Drill Team celebrates 60th anniversary

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:32:54 +0000

The Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team will celebrate its 60th anniversary on July 21 at 6 p.m. at the Renton Pavilion Event Center. The event will include a silent auction to benefit the drill team’s academic scholarships and general operating fund. In the past 60 years, more than 1,020 girls have participated on the [...]

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U.S. Department of State hosts Fulbright Enrichment Seminar

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:30:31 +0000

The annual Fulbright Enrichment Seminar took place at the Hyatt Hotel from May 29 through June 2. Present were Seattle’s top experts in energy, environment, science, and technology and over 70 Fulbright students who studied the subjects in 42 countries, including Vietnam and Thailand. The seminar, “From Lab to Market,” focused on translating scientific innovations [...]

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FLS petitions against Yesler Terrace rezone

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:29:12 +0000

Friends of Little Saigon (FLS) is asking the community to sign a petition against Seattle Housing Authority’s proposal to rezone the 30-acre Yesler Terrace property north of Little Saigon. FLS is concerned that this rezoning will lead to the displacement of small businesses in Little Saigon due to increases in property value and rent. In [...]

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The long journey home — Part 1 of 2: Mother and son reunite in India after 25-year global search

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:58 +0000

By Kristen Gelineau and Ravi Nessman The Associated Press KHANDWA, India (AP) — Saroo’s eyes snapped open and everything was suddenly, horribly wrong. The 5-year-old’s tiny body was still curled up on the hard wooden seat of the Indian train, just as it was when he’d drifted off to sleep. The rattle of the train [...]

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Obama acts to spare youths from deportation

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:12:19 +0000

The Associated Press Staff WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama eased enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws Friday, offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work. Embraced by Hispanics, his action touched off an election-year confrontation with many Republicans. Mitt Romney, Obama’s Republican Party election foe, [...]

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Seattle’s first Pride ASIA starts at International District

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:08:41 +0000

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly While Seattle has long had Pride Festival, it will also celebrate its first Pride ASIA event on June 23, a multicultural event for the Asian LGBTQ community in Seattle. Aleksa Manila, host of Seattle’s Best Karaoke Contest and former Miss Gay Seattle, agreed to host the event after being [...]

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A-pop! Castles don’t float in Asia, Roger Mayweather is bananas

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:59:07 +0000

A-pop! All things Asian in popular culture By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly This month was wacky. In the words of the inimitable Sharon Stone, “Is that karma, when you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?” Think about that as I run through the latest haps in pop culture. It’s not racist [...]

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EDITORIAL: Remembering Rodney King and Vincent Chin

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:51:50 +0000

Violence is a language that is direct and brutal. It speaks loudly with the pain it causes and the lives it takes. Unlike harsh words or rudeness, which can sometimes be vague or questionable, violence is the greatest indicator that racism still exists. The recent death of Rodney King, many years after he was badly [...]

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