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Former foes, vets of UK, Japan shake hands

November 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In 1944, the two men were in northeastern India as foes, fighting one of the harshest battles of World War II between Japan and Britain. More than 70 years later, they shook hands and sipped tea in Tokyo earlier this month. Roy Welland, 94, a former British […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Across Asia, Akiko Macdonald, Associated Press, Changi Prison, Foreign Ministry, Frail-looking Urayama, India, Jack Thomas, Keith Fowler, Mikio Kinoshita, Roy Welland, Taiji Urayama, Tokyo, UK, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, japan

Say hello to Hello Kitty — EMP Museum pays homage to the supercute

November 20, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly It began with a coin purse. Hello Kitty, soon to conquer the world, made her debut on a tiny coin purse made from see-through plastic. The year was 1975. The “Hello! Exploring The Supercute World Of Hello Kitty” exhibit at the EMP Museum includes a replica of this coin […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Dave Marchi, EMP, Hello Kitty, Japanese American National Museum, Katy Perry, Kitty White, Lady Gaga, Northwest Asian Weekly, Olympics, Seattle Center, Sebastian Masuda, Taiwan, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

The Latest: China, Japan spar over disputed seas

November 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Leaders from 21 countries and self-governing territories are gathered in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Nov. 17. The meeting’s official agenda is focused on trade, business and economic issues but terrorism, South China Sea disputes and climate change are also set to be in focus. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, APEC, Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry, East China Sea, Gregory Domingo, Hong Lei, MANILA, Pacific Rim, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert, Philippine Navy, Philippines, South China Sea, Southeast Asian, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27, japan

Toyota invests $1b in artificial intelligence in US

November 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is investing $1 billion in a research company it’s setting up in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker’s determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other areas of daily life. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, AI, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, General Motors, Gill Pratt, Google, MIT, Silicon Valley, Stanford University, Tokyo, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, Toyota Research Institute Inc, US, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, technology

Keiko Matsui returns! — Seattle welcomes the award-winning pianist and composer

November 12, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese jazz pianist and composer Keiko Matsui has traveled all over the world with her music, and recorded her latest CD/DVD set at the Ex Theater in Tokyo’s Roppongi district. But she told me that Seattle is actually her favorite place to play. “Seattle is my favorite city,” she […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Dave Karasony, Jazz Alley, Keiko Matsui, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pike Place Market, Rico Belled, Seattle, Soul Quest, Stevie Wonder, Tokyo, Tommy Proulx, United States, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20

Up/Down — China’s new baby policy lifts kid stocks, sinks condom maker

November 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of companies that make diapers, baby strollers and infant formula got a boost Friday from China’s decision to scrap its one-child policy. But for the maker of a popular brand of condoms, it was not the brightest of days. Investors are betting on a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Beingmate Baby Child Food Co, Bernard Aw, China Child Care Corp, Chinese, Credit Suisse, Goodbaby International, Hong Kong, Kao Corp, New Zealand, Okamoto Industries Inc, Pigeon Corp, Tokyo, Unicharm Corp, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, poverty

A-OK — Japan’s “One Ok Rock”

October 30, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly With influences ranging from Good Charlotte, and Ellegarden to, more recently, Linkin Park and Coldrain, Japan’s One Ok Rock sauntered into the Seattle area for a show at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Singer Takahiro Moriuchi, known by his stage name Taka, has some knowledge of the United States. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, CA, Europe, Good Charlotte, John Feldy Feldmann, NY, Northwest Asian Weekly, One Ok Rock, San Francisco, Seattle, Singer Takahiro Moriuchi, Tokyo, Toru Yamashita, United States, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, japan

Fantasy, story, and history through graphic novels

October 16, 2015 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Just So Happens By Fumio Obata Harry N. Abrams, 2015 Yumiko lives in London but she was born in Japan. It has been many years since she left Japan and she has established a new life in England: She has a good job at a successful design firm and […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, China, Chinese Boxer Rebellion, England, First Edition, Jersey City, Kamala Khan, London, Marvel Volume, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistani American, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23, japan

Morisawa to be featured in Art Interruptions 2015

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Morisawa will create a trio of pop-art mosaic images that will inhabit the Spring Street P-Patch. Morisawa creates hand-made wood mosaics, made up of hundreds of intricate pieces of wood colored with natural oil dyes. The mosaic images will be replicated on vinyl and installed in the P-Patch. Morisawa has a BA in design, ceramics […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: Art Interruptions, BA, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, japan

Mothers, students join Japan’s protests over security bills

September 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mothers holding their children’s hands stood in the sprinkling rain, holding up anti-war placards, while students chanted slogans against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his defense policies to the beat of a drum. Japan is seeing new faces join the ranks of protesters typically made up of […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Abe Cabinet, Associated Press, China, Daisuke Motoki, Etsuko Matsuda, International Christian University, Mothers Against War, Nobusuke Kishi, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Self Defense Force, Senshu University, Stephen Nagy, TV, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11, Yukio Okamoto, attention, japan, social media

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