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Japanese-American WWII war hero Ben Kuroki dies

September 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Ben Kuroki, who overcame the American military’s discriminatory policies to become the only Japanese American to fly over Japan during World War II, has died. He was 98. Kuroki died Tuesday at his Camarillo, California, home, where he was under hospice care, his daughter Julie Kuroki told the Los Angeles Times […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Army Air Forces, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Ben Kuroki, CAMARILLO, Distinguished Flying Cross, England, Europe, Japanese Americans, Julie Kuroki, Los Angeles Times, Morocco, North Africa, Pearl Harbor, Vol 34 No 38| September 12 - September 18, War Department, West Coast

James “Uncle Jimmy” Mar leaves behind powerful legacy (1914–2012)

July 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly James Malcolm Mar was born in Seattle on July 11, 1914, to immigrant parents Lee Shee and Henry Mar Hing. Throughout his life, Mar would bear witness to the Asian experience in Seattle and the United States and lend his help and services to members of the Asian community.

Filed Under: Features, Obituaries Tagged With: 2012, Battalion Commander, Blue Funnel Line, Bronze Star Medal, Chinatown International District, Chinese Americans, East Kong Yick, Fort Lewis, Free French Indo Chinese, James Malcolm Mar, James Uncle Jimmy Mar, Life Magazine, Medical Administration Corp, North Africa, Seattle, Staff Sergeant, United States, Vol 31 No 31 | July 28 - August 3, Wing Luke Museum, Wright Funeral Home, Yick Fung Company

Diabetes becoming a global epidemic, but also hits close to home with Asian Americans

February 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeffrey Osborn Northwest Asian Weekly Diabetes is a disease that is quickly becoming a global epidemic. In recent history, diabetes has become the focus of numerous medical studies. Alarmingly, those that are Asian American or who live in Asian countries are some of the highest at-risk people in the world.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, BBC, Caribbean, China, Chinese Americans, Huan Zhou, India, Jeffrey Osborn, Middle East, North Africa, North American, The Health Issue, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 8 | February 18 - February 24, Western Pacific, William Hsu

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Free in body, not in voice

July 2, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Outspoken artist and government critic Ai Weiwei talked about giving himself a haircut Thursday, but said little else in his first day out of detention, living under a gag order that underscores concerns about China’s growing use of extralegal methods to muzzle dissent. The Chinese Foreign […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Ai Weiwei Free, Asia Law Institute, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hu Mingfen, Jerome Cohen, Liu Zhenggang, Lu Qing, New York University, North Africa, Pu Zhiqiang, Two Chinese, Vol 30 No 27 | July 2 - July 8, Wen Tao, Xu Zerong, Zhang Jinsong

UN SG Ban Ki-moon announces he is seeking a second term

June 11, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday that he will seek a second term as head of the United Nations

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Asian Group, Caribbean, China, Eastern Europe, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, Ivory Coast, Libya, Mark Toner, Middle East, Moscow, North Africa, Russia, Security Council, South Korean, United States, Vol 30 No 24 | June 11 - June 17

China media says human rights pressure from U.S. will fail

May 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China will never allow the United States to dictate political reforms and any American pressure over human rights will torpedo talks on such issues

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China, Chinese, Communist Party-run, Foreign Ministry, Global Times, Hong Lei, Human Rights, Middle East, North Africa, United States, Vol 30 No 19 | May 7 - May 13, Zhang Xiaodan, Zuoxiao Zuzhou, editorial, language

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