Trump wants to stop funding for Japanese confinement sites program
By Bruce Rutledge President Donald J. Trump’s latest budget proposal calls for the elimination of funding for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grants Program, which pays for projects that...
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Seattle Celebrates Lunar New Year
By Nick Turner Lunar New Year’s celebrations were in full swing over the weekend on February 11th as live music, tasty aromas and thousands of people filled the streets of the International District....
View ArticleNagasu’s triple axle helps team USA to bronze
by Bruce Rutledge, Mirai Nagasu of Arcadia, California, became the first American woman to successfully turn a triple axle in the Olympics this past weekend in Pyeongchang, lifting her team to a bronze...
View ArticleYakima Valley Museum to host first DOR Event
By Peter Arnold, Executive Director of Yakima Valley Museum Having its successful exhibition the “Land of Joy and Sorrow – Japanese Pioneers of the Yakima Valley” celebrating its 8 year anniversary in...
View ArticleFilm festival showcases 75 Asian American movies
by Bruce Rutledge, The Seattle Asian American Film Festival begins February 22 with an opening night showing of Signature Move, an award-winning, comingof-age film about the love affair of a Pakistani...
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Reports from Nikkei Community New Year Celebrations
Shizuoka Kenjin Club On Saturday February 11th, Seattle Shizuoka Kenjinkai held its New Year celebration dinner at House of Hong Restaurant in Seattle’s Chinatown. Lillian Hayashi, President of the...
View ArticleNarumi Kurosaki Case, One Year On
by David Yamaguchi, IN OCT. 2016 AND JAN. 2017, I reported on the murders of two young Japanese female exchange students. The first was in Vancouver, Canada. The second was in Besancon, eastern France....
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YouTube Watcher
By David Yamaguchi, Tomioka High “This is Me” Dance It is not every day when Hollywood visits a real high school to film a dance performance. Yet the dance club of Tomioka High, Osaka Prefecture,...
View ArticleNVC Attends I Corps Centennial Ball
Contributed by Walter Tanimoto, Nisei Veterans Committee On 10 February 2018, members of the Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) had the privilege to attend the I Corps Centennial Ball. This was an...
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Day of Remembrance Taiko Concert 2018 at Seattle University
President’s Day marked the 76th anniversary of EO 9066, an executive order signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 after the Pearl Harbor bombing that triggered the mass incarceration of Japanese...
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Tempei Nakamura Concert in Seattle
Based in Tokyo and New York, Japanese composer and pianist Tempei Nakamura visits and plays in Seattle. His music is attracting many new fans and he’s known for creating a maverick style in the piano...
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Nikkei Community New Year Celebrations
Keiro Northwest 2nd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration Keiro Northwest 2nd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration was held on February 9th at Bellevue Westin Hotel. This fundraiser aimed to raise donations...
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A Moment in Repose
MUCH HAS BEEN MADE of late of the gradual disappearance of Seattle’s once vibrant African-American community, under the onslaught of rapid population growth, rising land prices, and associated...
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INTERVIEW: Sakura-Con
Volunteer-powered anime convention finds friends everywhere Interview conducted by Bruce Rutledge, Several years ago, Sakura-Con became the first anime convention in North America and the second...
View ArticleThe Japanese American Remembrance Trail Map
by Misa Murohashi, translated by Bruce Rutledge, What’s left of Seattle’s Japantown can be seen in the area around Jackson and Main streets. However, in the early 20th century, Japantown extended from...
View ArticleIchiro is back where he belongs
by Bruce Rutledge, The 44-year-old Ichiro Suzuki may have a few more grey hairs, but he’s back in a Seattle Mariners uniform this season after spending more than five years in New York and Miami....
View ArticleCelebrating Dr. Kashima’s Achievements
by N.A.P. Staff, On March 9th, Consul General and Mrs. Yoichiro Yamada hosted a reception at their official residence to celebrate the conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette,...
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57th Annual Watapo Sukiyaki Dinner
By Sam Takahashi, I checked on Google right after wake up about the weather and traffic conditions going over Snoqualmie Pass to see if I could get to Wapato Buddhist Church’s sukiyaki dinner in...
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Ten Sushi #35 – a new sushi destination in Little Saigon
Ten Sushi #35 | 1207 S Jackson St #106 | (206) 568-0404 | www.tensushiseattle.com Ten Sushi Seattle, a sushi restaurant famous for its occasional tuna filleting events serving super fresh blue fin tuna...
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Sakura-con 2018 Music & Fashion Guests from Japan
March 30th – April 1st | The WA State Convention Center| www.sakuracon.org Cosplayers will take over downtown Seattle again during the three-day celebration of Japanese anime, manga and more. This...
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