Kip Tokuda Civil Education Grants
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington, is accepting applications for the Kip Tokuda Memorial Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program Grant for fiscal year...
View ArticleFukuoka Study Abroad Program
Study Abroad for Descendants of Immigrants from Fukuoka Prefecture is a program for college students and higher to participate in a year-long course of study at a chosen college or university in...
View ArticleMy Wise Grandfather (Ojiichan)〜JCCCS’s Omoide
“I’ll live until 100, you wait and see!” said Ojiichan (my grandfather), with a toothless smile on his face from his hospital bed. This was after he asked me about current events in America. I had just...
View ArticleAre You Still Planning to Retire Early?~MONEY TALK
By Chiaki Hirate Have your retirement plans changed because of COVID-19? If so, you have plenty of company. Nearly 40 percent of those planning to retire say the pandemic has disrupted their...
View ArticleFather Leopold Tibesar – The Shepherd of Seattle
By Jonathan van Harmelen Jonathan van Harmelen is currently a Ph.D. student in history at UC Santa Cruz specializing in the history of Japanese-American incarceration. He holds a BA in history and...
View ArticleNew University District Nikkei Student Mural
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post. Photos by Eugene Tagawa Over the weekend of July 16-19, public artist Erin Shigaki completed a new local Japanese-American history mural. This one...
View ArticleKODA Condominiums Open in Nihonmachi
By Misa Murohashi, The North American Post The lot where Uwajimaya’s first Seattle store was located, on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and South Main, has been transformed into a new residential...
View ArticleChanges Along Rainier Avenue
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post Readers driving on Rainier Avenue South will notice two changes on the lots adjoining the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington. The first is...
View ArticleQuiet Warriors George Koshi
By Mikiko Amagai, For The North American Post On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Nearly 8,000 Japanese and...
View ArticleA-Bomb Survivor A Message from a Life Saved: Take Off, My Dream!
By Mikiko Amagai, For The North American Post About 20 years ago when I was working for the NAP, a group of doctors, sent by the Japanese government, visited the atomic bomb survivors in Seattle every...
View ArticleThe Fishing Four〜 DISCOVER NIKKEI
By Mary Sunada My last fishing trip to the High Sierras was on Sunday, July 7, 2019. This was our annual family vacation away from our hectic life in the city. We call ourselves “The Fishing Four.” My...
View ArticleOn ‘Facing the Mountain, a True Story of JA Heroes in World War II’
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post To be educated world citizens, we must start by knowing our own history well enough to summarize it to others. In today’s climate of renewed anti-Asian...
View ArticleThe Occasional Pain〜TOUGH TOFU
By Deems Tsutakawa For The North American Post There are a lot of old sayings that still hold water these days. A good example would be “death and taxes are inevitable” although I would add the word...
View ArticleMusings on My First UW Year and the Summer Break Paradox
By Benjamin Narkmon, For The North American Post Since my last article in April, I have been steadily making progress on my journey at the UW, learning along the way. Some things remain a work in...
View ArticleSeattle Japanese Pioneers ~History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The...
History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The North American Times’ This series explores the history of pre-war Seattle Nikkei immigrants by researching old articles from the online archives of “The...
View Article‘What is Noh?’ Paul Atkins Lecture
Part ritual, part entertainment, Noh drama has been elevated to high art over the past six hundred years. This Zoom talk by Paul Atkins will provide an introduction to this fascinating dramatic form:...
View ArticleTadaima! Virtual Pilgrimage
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post This year, Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages and the National Park Service will be hosting the second annual “Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage.”...
View ArticleUW Humphrey Fellows Visit NAP
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post On Monday, August 23, the North American Post hosted a visit by seven Distinguished Hubert Humphrey Fellows. All are leading mid-career working journalists or...
View ArticleOmoide Memories~JCCCW’s Omoide
By Dee Goto, For The North American Post “Omoide” means memories and is a writing group I helped start in 1991. That was 30 years ago and it is still going strong. There are two main reasons why Omoide...
View ArticleHelp Grandchildren Prepare for the Future~MONEY TALK
By Chiaki Hirate By Chiaki Hirate If you’re a grandparent, you don’t need Grandparents Day, observed on Sept. 12, to remind you of the joys of having grandchildren. Yet, you might want to use this day...
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