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You are here: Home / Archives for Nisei Veterans Committee

COMMENTARY: My wish for the Japanese American community

January 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Kashino Takisaki Northwest Asian Weekly My dedication to support the Nisei Veterans Committee is because of the importance of preserving our history, especially during WWII. Our mission at NVC is to “Honor the Past; Educate the Future.” The history books have included very little on the Japanese incarceration during WWII, so it is […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Asian Community, Bainbridge Island Japanese, Europe, Executive Order, Japanese American, NVC, Nisei Veterans Committee, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pearl Harbor, Regimental Combat, Shiro Kashino, Top Contributor, United States, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, WWII

Daughter recalls father’s stories of war

June 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Roy Matsumoto, a Japanese American Nisei originally from California, went from the internment camps

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Hiroshima Peace Museum, Honor Sacrifice, Japanese American Nisei, Karen Matsumoto, MIS, Matsumoto Easter, Matsumoto Going, NWAW, Nisei Veterans Committee, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nphum Ga, Roy Matsumoto, San Juan Island, Seattle, United States Visiting, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27

War dead honored

May 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle’s Cathay Post No. 186 held a Memorial Day event at Hing Hay Park on Monday with

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Bruce Inaba, Cal Fung, Cathay Post, Congressman Adam Smith, King County Assessor Lloyd Hara, King County Council, Lakeview Cemetery, Memorial Day, Nisei Veterans Committee, Seattle, Seattle Chinese Drill Team, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6, attention

Choose May 6 to give big

April 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Foundation hosts a one-day, online charitable giving event in which it will add a prorated portion to any donation given to one of the participating nonprofits on its website: www.seattlefoundation.org. You can donate between midnight and midnight on Tuesday, May 6.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Pacific American Experience, Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation, Executive Development Institute, Filipino Community, Helping Link, International Community Health Services, Lao Heritage Foundation, Nikkei Concerns, Nisei Veterans Committee, Refugee Women, Seattle, Vietnamese Friendship Association, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Western Washington, Wing Luke Museum

EDITORIAL: Not completely forgotten

October 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It’s been called the coldest war, the forgotten war. Their service sandwiched between — and overshadowed by — World War II and the war in Vietnam, veterans of the three-year-long Korean War have largely gone unrecognized in American society.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2013, Asian Weekly, Consul General, Japanese American, Korean War, Nisei Veteran Committee, Nisei Veterans Committee, Seattle, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25

Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month coming to Seattle Center

April 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration will be taking place from 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 5 at the Seattle Center Armory.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration, Filipino, Massive Monkees, Nisei Veterans Committee, Seattle Center Armory, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3

Nikkei Concerns: a gathering place with buzz for Seattle’s Japanese American elders

September 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tosh Okamoto, then commander of the Nisei Veterans Committee, visited a man with this need. He was staying at a nursing home in Seattle’s First Hill district.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Evelyn Yabuki, First Hill, Fred Takayesu, Harry Kadoshima, Issei Concerns Glenn Akai, Japanese Americans, Meet Nikkei Concerns, Midori Condominiums, Mount Baker Convalescent Center, Nikkei Concerns, Nikkei Concerns Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Hattori, Nikkei Manor, Nisei Veterans Committee, Sally Kazama, Seattle Keiro Nursing Home, Tosh Okamoto, Vol 29 No 38 | September 18 - September 24

Patrick Kazuo Hagiwara

July 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Patrick Kazuo Hagiwara, an alumnus of Ketchikan High School (class of 1936), member of the 442 Regimental Combat Team (RCT)

Filed Under: Obituaries Tagged With: 2010, Alaska National Guard, Asian American, Electrical Engineering, Episcopal Church, Europe, Japanese Americans, Ketchikan High School, Nisei Veterans Committee, Patrick Kazuo Hagiwara, RCT, Seattle, Vol 29 No 28 | July 10 - July 16

Japanese Americans plan WWII memorial in Seattle

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — Fundraising has begun for a memorial wall in Seattle to honor Japanese Americans who were interned or served in the military during World War II.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: International District, Japanese Americans, Jay Deguchi, Nisei Veterans Committee, Nisei Veterans Hall, Seattle, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, WWII

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