EARTH DAY FILM A Sad Fish Story ~ VOICES
By Gary Yamaguchi, For The North American Post The movie “Artifishal” is a very good assessment of the current sad situation of Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead. For generations, both types of...
View ArticleThanking Seattle’s Japanese American Community
By Misa Murohashi The North American Post My last day at North American Post Publishing, Inc. was April 15th. First of all, I would like to thank all readers of The Post who have supported the...
View ArticleKerry Taniguchi ID Volunteer, 1954 – 2022
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post Kerry Taniguchi, longtime volunteer with the International District Emergency Center (IDEC) and Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) Hall, passed away in his sleep...
View ArticleLooking South: Anglophone Canadian Reactions to Japanese American...
By Jonathan van Harmelen Continued from Apr. 8 NAP Like some moderate West Coast exclusionists in the United States, the author admitted that Canadians of Japanese ancestry were citizens, but...
View ArticleA Funny Thing Happened ~ TOUGH TOFU
By Deems Tsutakawa For The North American Post In the early ‘90s, my wife took up golf with her coworkers Peggy Hanada, Arlene Lew, and one other Nisei woman whose name escapes me. During that era, I...
View ArticlePart 5, The Great Seattle Shipping Route
History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The North American Times’ This series explores the history of the pre-war Japanese community in Seattle, by reviewing articles in “The North American Times,”...
View Article“Betrayed” New Minidoka Film Airing Nationally
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post A new Minidoka documentary, “Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp” (57 min.), has be-gun airing nationally on PBS. It is well worth watching...
View ArticleNorman Mineta, Former US Secretary of Transportation, 1931 – 2022
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post As has been reported widely, Norman Mineta, former Mayor of San Jose, US congressman and Secretary of Transportation, died May 3 at age 90. The...
View ArticleLori Matsukawa, Tom Sasaki Win Imperial Awards
On April 29, the Government of Japan announced that Lori Lei Matsukawa, former KING5-TV news anchor and former president of the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington, has been awarded...
View ArticleSeattle JACL Scholarship Recipients
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post For decades, the Seattle Japanese American community has deemed scholarship as the path forward, resulting in many local JA nonprofits establishing...
View ArticleMy Viola-Playing Mother~JCCCW’s Omoide
By Nana Mizushima For The North American Post Several months ago, I joined the Rain City Symphony Orchestra. I hadn’t played cello for over 50 years! And even when I did play, I was definitely no...
View ArticleNew Opportunities for 529 Plan Owners – Article 1
By Chiaki Hirate If you want to provide educational opportunities for your children or grandchildren, you may want to consider investing in a 529 plan. In recent years, this plan has gotten more...
View ArticleNikkei Uncovered: a poetry column Remembrance
By Rey Fukuda Salinas, Greer Nakadegawa-Lee, Noriko Nakada, Kurt Yokoyama-Ikeda, traci kato-kiriyama Upon this 80th anniversary since the signing of E.O. 9066 during WWII that led to the family...
View Article‘Keiko’s Journey,’ Chapter 1
By Kay Hirai Reprinted with supplementary images by permission Editor’s note. In submitting this story, Kay wrote, “I’m hoping that you will find a space for my story. It’s the first chapter (from) my...
View Article‘Beauty of Us’
Seattle Asian American Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Women Artists United have formed a visual campaign to fight the tide of anti-Asian violence and xenophobia. In 2021, anti-Asian hate crimes...
View ArticleFavorable Dollar/Yen
Those traveling from the US to Japan in the near future may want to keep an eye on the dollar/yen exchange rate. Since late April, it has been at the most favorable rates to Americans in 20 years (Apr...
View ArticleKodomo no Hi
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post SEATTLE – Saturday, May 14, was Kodomo no Hi “Children’s Day” at the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW). Among the simplest of...
View ArticleFujimatsu Village Open House
Design concepts for the planned Fujimatsu Village, at 5th Avenue and South Jackson Street, will be shared at an open house in early June. The developer is Da Li Fujimatsu LLC, which is seeking...
View ArticleRandom Numbers ~ TOUGH TOFU
By Deems Tsutakawa For The North American Post Whenever I drive around town, I look for coincidental patterns of cars and trucks. For example, sometimes if you are looking for these patterns, you will...
View ArticleWhat Investors Can – and Can’t – Control ~ MONEY TALK
As an investor, you can easily feel frustrated to see short-term drops in your investment statements. But while you cannot control the market, you may find it helpful to review the factors you can...
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