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Tsuguo Ikeda, community mentor, dies at 91

December 10, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Tsuguo “Ike” Ikeda, a pioneer who opened doors to many—especially troubled youths—and broke down barriers for people of color, died on Dec. 2. Surrounded by his family, Ikeda died peacefully at the age of 91, according to his wife, Sumiko. Ikeda was the first Asian American executive director of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Obituaries, Community News Tagged With: 2015, ASC, Asian American, Atlantic Street Center, Congressional Gold Medal, Daughter Wanda, Dot Moi, Edith Elion, Geoffrey Covin, Hunt High School, Julie Oshiro, NASW, Seattle Black Panthers, Social Work, Sumiko Hara, Tsuguo Ike Ikeda, Tsuguo Ikeda, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Honoring Filipino veterans

October 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In recognition of Filipino American History Month, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), including U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono and Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (HI) and Mark Takai (HI), held a press conference announcing support for legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Filipino Veterans of World War II. “Filipino World War II veterans served […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Congressional Gold Medal, Filipino American History Month, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

Susumu Ito’s 95-year journey — Congressional Gold Medal war hero, cell biologist, Harvard teacher, reflects on wonderful life

May 7, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Susumu Ito constantly carried three things with him during his tour of duty in World War II: a bible with a medal shield, his camera, and a Senninbari. The latter item is a Japanese strip of cloth decorated with 1,000 stitches which is made by women when men go […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Brendan Hare, Case Western University, Congressional Gold Medal, Cornell Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Imperial Japan, Japanese Americans, Jason Cruz, Los Angeles, Northwest Asian Weekly, Susumu Ito, Texas Infantrymen, United States, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Vosges Mountains, WNPA2016, Western Reserve University

$2.9 million will go to Japanese American confinement sites

June 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Last week, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced 21 grants totaling more than $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of Japanese Americans. More than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were imprisoned by the U.S. government following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Bainbridge Island, Congressional Gold Medal, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, Japanese Americans, Kara Miyagishima, National Park Service, Panama Hotel, Pearl Harbor, Puyallup Assembly Center, Seattle Temporary Detention Facility, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27, War Relocation Authority

President Obama meets Japanese American World War II veterans

February 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 18, President Obama met with seven surviving Japanese American World War II veterans, all in their 90s, to thank them in person for their service.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Congressional Gold Medal, Executive Order, Infantry Battalion, Military Intelligence Service, Oval Office, Pearl Harbor, President Obama, President Roosevelt, Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28

Aung San Suu Kyi visits US as Myanmar releases prisoners

September 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, renowned for her peaceful struggle against military rule, began a marathon tour of the United States on Monday, Sept. 17, the latest milestone in her remarkable journey from political prisoner to globe-trotting stateswoman.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2012, American Midwest, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Congressional Gold Medal, Fort Wayne, General Assembly, Joe Crowley, Myanmar President Thein Sein, New York Democrat, President Barack Obama, Radio Free Asia, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Thailand, United Nations, United States, Vol 31 No 39 | September 22 - September 28, White House

Seattle Nisei veterans honored on Memorial Day

June 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Nisei Veterans Committee and the Japanese American community will gather to honor fallen veterans at the 67th Annual NVC Memorial Day Program at Lake View Cemetery on Capitol Hill. Michael Reagan, a combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, gave the keynote speech. Reagan is a portrait artist who has […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Afghanistan, Boy Scout Troop, Capitol Hill, Congressional Gold Medal, Consul General, Japanese Americans, Kiyokazu Ota, Lake View Cemetery, Marine Corps, Memorial Day, Michael Reagan, Military Intelligence Service, Regimental Combat Team, Seattle Nisei, Vietnam War, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8

Japanese American veterans honored in Seattle with Congressional Gold Medal

February 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Jan. 14, more than 1,100 people came together to celebrate presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese American veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest award that can be […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Congressional Gold Medal, Infantry Battalion, Japanese American, Meany Hall, Regimental Combat Team, Seattle, United States Congress, Vol 31 No 7 | February 11 - February 17

J-Am WWII vets to get medal in November

September 30, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP) — A date has been set for the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese American Veterans of World War II.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Capitol Visitor Center, Congressional Gold Medal, Infantry Battalion, Mazie Hirono, Military Intelligence Service, President Barack Obama, Regimental Combat Team, Vol 30 No 40 | October 1 - October 7

May 30: Nisei Veterans honor fallen on Memorial Day

June 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Nisei Veterans Committee and the Japanese American community gathered to honor fallen heroes at the Annual NVC Memorial Day Program at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle, as they always have since 1946. WWII veteran Sam Mitsui provided the keynote address.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Boy Scout, Congressional Gold Medal, Japanese Americans, Korea, Lake View Cemetery, Maria Cantwell, Military Intelligence Service, Nisei War Memorial, President Obama, Sam Mitsui, Seattle, Vietnam, Vol 30 No 25 | June 18 - June 24, WWII

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