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Japan’s Softbank to buy Sprint

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama and Peter Svensson The Associated Press TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion, giving the struggling U.S. cellphone company an infusion of cash and confidence.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, China Mobile, Germany, Great Britain, Japan Tobacco Inc, Kansas-based Sprint Nextel Corp, LTE, Overland Park, Softbank Corp, Softbank President Masayoshi Son, Tokyo, United States, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Japan, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, culture

COMMENTARY: U.S. political campaigns – too long?

October 12, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Marge Wang For the Northwest Asian Weekly We, the citizens of the United States, are fortunate to live in a democracy where we can elect our government leaders. Every four years, we have a major election. However, the election process is getting more troublesome and annoying.  Personally, I attribute this to the length of […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, American Democracy, Australia, Canada, Citizens United, France, Germany, Great Britain, Marge Wang, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, Supreme Court, TV, United States, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, attention, technology

Ping pong dreaming for 16-year-old Olympian

June 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stephen Wade The Associated Press Ariel Hsing was 8 when she wrote down her Olympic dream on a piece of paper. She rolled it up, wrapped it with a string, and tucked it into a small box. “I said something along the lines of ‘I wish to become an Olympian one day,’ ” the 16-year-old […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Ariel Hsing, Berkshire Hathaway, China, Chinese American, Dennis Davis, Forest Gump, Germany, Li Zhenshi, London Olympics, Pan American Games, Susan Sarandon, Taiwan, Uncle Warren, United States, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8, Xin Jaing, Zhou Xin, attention, letter

From aliens to dragons, books on sports that score a home run

May 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Galaxy Games: The Challengers” By Greg R. Fishbone Lee & Low Books, 2011 When Tyler Sato turns 11, his cousins in Tokyo have a star named after him, but it soon becomes clear that TY SATO is no ordinary star. First, it doesn’t stay in the same place like […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, Bob Weiss, Boss Wang, Brazil, China, Chinese, Galaxy Games, Germany, Lee Low Books, Major League Baseball, NBA, Narumi Komatsu, Seattle Mariners, Shanxi Brave Dragons, United States, Vol 31 No 19 | May 5 - May 11, japan

UW Bothell Associate Vice Chancellor Hung Dang receives Fulbright Award

April 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hung Dang, University of Washington Bothell’s associate vice chancellor for enrollment and student affairs, has received a Fulbright Award. As a Fulbright scholar, he will participate in the U.S.–Japan International Education Administrators’ Seminar, designed to introduce participants to the society, culture, and higher education system in Germany, India, Japan, or Korea. Dang’s work will aim […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Fulbright Award, Germany, Hung Dang, India, Japan International Education Administrators Seminar, Korea, United States, Vol 31 No 16 | April 14 - April 20, culture

Japan’s oldest Olympian, at 70, will compete again

March 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nesha Starcvic The Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — When Hiroshi Hoketsu first went to the Olympics in 1964, he was 23 and the games were in his native Tokyo. Now nearly 71, Hoketsu will be going to the Olympics again this summer — to compete, not to watch.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Beijing Games, Beijing Olympics, Belgium, FRANKFURT, France, Germany, Japanese Olympic, Johnson Johnson, Kikuko Inoue, London, Oscar Swahn, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 11 | March 10 - March 16

Japan basketball team hires first female head coach

December 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese American woman became the first female head coach in the history of Japan’s professional men’s basketball league last Thursday, Nov. 24. Natalie Nakase, who has experience as a head coach of a women’s team in Germany, was hired by the Saitama Broncos. She replaces American coach Dean Murray, who […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, Basketball League, Bob Hill, Dean Murray, Germany, Los Angeles, NBA, Natalie Nakase, Saitama Broncos, Tokyo Apache, UCLA, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9, japan

Vietnam vet shares his dark history, one peck at a time

December 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donald Bradley The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — At the very worst of times, John W. Nash came clean. “If I tell you what I did over there, you won’t love me anymore,” he told his wife.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Air Force, Bronze Star, Cass County, Da Nang, Germany, Jenny King, John Nash, Kansas City, Marine Corps, PTSD, San Diego, So John, Union Station, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 49 | December 3 - December 9

Obama defends Solyndra loan, says U.S. solar competitive with China

October 15, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday, Oct. 6, that the government should continue to give loan guarantees to help clean energy companies compete with China and other countries that spend billions to subsidize solar panels and other renewable energy manufacturing.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, China, Cliff Stearns, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Germany, Obama, United States, Vol 30 No 42 | October 15 - October 21, White House

Secret to winning taekwondo? Try not to get kicked

October 9, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Maria Cheng The Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — For the Iranian competitors, simplicity rules. Whereas for the Taiwanese, it’s grace and accuracy. But for the Europeans, it’s strength and speed. At last weekend’s British Open in Manchester, regional interpretations of Korea’s oldest martial art are clashing in one of the key taekwondo competitions […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2011, British Open, Chinese, Germany, Hasanein Khafaji, Iran, Iraq, Joseph Salim, Korea, Levent Tuncat, London, MANCHESTER, Mostean Hadi, Olympics, Vol 30 No 41 | October 8 – October 14, Yousef Karami

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