The first executive director for Mukai Farm & Garden on Vashon Island, Tina Shattuck, brings years of experience and skills in project and staff management, fundraising, event planning, and new business development. Shattuck begins her new role on Aug. 7. She will lead membership and visitor engagement during this era of COVID-19 challenges to the […]

Seattle’s oldest sushi restaurant, Maneki, launched a GoFundMe on July 23 to help raise some money, as it struggles to generate enough business to stay afloat and keep staff onboard. As of press time, it has raised $37,000. Owner Jean Nakayama told Eater Seattle the money “would allow us to make some safety layout improvements […]

Hee Sook Lee, who founded the beloved, Los Angeles-based restaurant chain, known for its bubbling pots of soondubu and its willingness to stay open late, passed away in mid-July. Lee was a first generation Korean American who loved to cook and share her recipes with friends and family. After settling in Los Angeles, she founded […]

Yoichiro Yamada, Consul General of Japan in Seattle, is leaving his post on Aug. 6. He announced his departure in July in a private letter to friends and acquaintances, saying he and his family will leave the Pacific Northwest after three years as Japan’s top diplomat in the Northwest and Montana. He did not reveal […]

Alex Fan, the Director-General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Seattle is leaving his post at the end of August, after a year and a half. A new director-general, Daniel Kuo-ching Chen, will take over. Chen is currently Deputy Secretary-General of the Taiwan Council for U.S. Affairs. Previously, he served as senior consular […]

The Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) welcomed three new commissioners in July—Julio Diaz, Ping Ping, and Va’eomatoka Valu. Valu is from south King County, and is a member of the Pacific Islander Health Board and the Pacific Islander Community Association. He plans to channel his knowledge and energy into fighting for […]

Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, died of leukemia on July 21, his company said. He was 76. Yamamoto debuted in 1971, becoming the first Japanese fashion designer to hold a show in London. He became internationally known […]