By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly The Japan-America Society of the State of Washington partnered with the John Manjiro-Whitfield Commemorative Center for International Exchange and the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle to continue the efforts to bridge relations between Japanese and American citizens. From Sept. 18–24, the 28th Japan-America Grassroots Summit hosted over 150 participants […]
Hisashi Iwakuma and Ichiro Suzuki
Hisashi Iwakuma threw the ceremonial first pitch to Ichiro Suzuki at Safeco Field on Sept. 26, before a matchup between the Mariners and Athletics. Iwakuma is leaving the M’s to continue his career in Japan.
Edmonds Community College’s new president is ready to serve the community
By Jessica Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly Dr. Amit Singh started his post as president of Edmonds Community College (ECC) at the end of June 2018. Originally from northeastern India, he came to the Pacific Northwest via several other successful career stints in Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. He had never been to Washington prior […]
Delta ends Hong Kong flights — Cathay Pacific to pick up the route in 2019
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Delta has ended its only route service from the United States to Hong Kong, effective Oct. 4. The airline previously operated six weekly flights between Seattle and Hong Kong — its only flight to Hong Kong. Delta said this was a “difficult business decision,” and that Delta passengers can continue […]
Free clinic stands to be an example of altruism
By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly After serving over 4,000 patients and providing just over $3.7 million in dental, vision, and medical care in 2017, the Seattle/King County Clinic hosted at the Seattle Center aimed to continue serving the most vulnerable and underserved communities from Sept. 20 – 23. The Clinic, now in its fourth […]
Our Taiwan pre-wedding photoshoot adventure
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Tracy and I had always been jealous of our friends’ pre-wedding photos taken in Taiwan, Vietnam, or China. Asian countries have entire streets dedicated to just photography studios and cost about a quarter of what photo studios here charge. We came up with multiple reasons to visit Taiwan again […]
Local photographer aims to build life’s mementos for his customers
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly One photo that Alex Shiu took on a Florida cruise landed him in Turks and Caicos for another wedding photo shoot. Shiu — who has been working in photography for 18 years — has traveled to exotic places like Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, and Japan to capture couples and families […]
Cherry Chau brings out brides’ inner beauty
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From serving customers in the air as a flight attendant in Hong Kong, to staring at a computer screen all day as a graphic designer in Seattle, Cherry Chau decided she needed a new career that she would be passionate about: helping people look beautiful. Because she missed working […]
ID homicide investigation
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police officers say the investigation into the death of a 56-year-old man is being treated as a homicide. On Sept. 1st, at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a man bleeding from the leg near 10th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street in the International District. He was […]
Northwest writer receives NEA Fellowship for translation of Tibetan-Chinese writer’s poetry
San Juan Islands, Wash. —The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced on Aug. 30 that Ian Boyden, of Friday Harbor, will receive an NEA Literature Translation Fellowship. The fellowship is being awarded to support the translation from Chinese into English of the poetry collection Minority by renowned Tibetan poet Tsering Woeser. Woeser is considered […]
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