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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 – April 19

Michael Itti appointed as executive director of the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Governor Jay Inslee appointed  Michael Itti as the executive director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs in early April. Itti is a second generation Thai-Chinese American born and raised in Washington. He will advise the governor, the Legislature, state agencies, and local government on policies, programs, and needs of the Asian […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asian Pacific American, Asian Pacific American Affairs, Governor Jay Inslee, Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Michael Itti, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, Win Win Network

InterIm CDA hosts annual Refresh Gala, honors Norm Rice

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

InterIm Community Development Association hosted their annual Refresh Gala on Saturday, April 6, raising funds to support their low-income housing programs. In total, the event raised over $130,000, which will go towards providing housing and services to immigrants and refugees.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Allen Family Foundation, CEO, Chuck Weinstock, Haydee Capili, Hyeok Kim, InterIm, Ning Murro, Norm Rice, Norman Rice, Raphael Capili, Seattle Foundation, United States, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19

Former Taiwan vice president visits University of Washington

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu Hsiu-lien visited the University of Washington on Friday, April 5, giving a lecture entitled, “A New Perspective on the Asia Pacific.” Her talk covered issues including the disputed island territory claimed by Taiwan, Japan, and China, as well as new strategies for improving foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asia Pacific, China, Former Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu Hsiu-lien, International Human Rights Day, Kaohsiung Incident, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19

Tule Lake Committee receives grant for prison restoration

April 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

National Park Service director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced on April 6 that the NPS Japanese American Confinement Sites Program awarded the Tule Lake Committee with a $192,467 grant to begin restoration work for the concrete jail located on the Tule Lake National Historic Landmark segregation center property.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Japanese Americans, National Park Service, Tule Lake Committee, Tule Lake National Historic Landmark, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19

Japanese fish hitch ride on boat to Washington beach

April 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — What a long and strange trip it’s been for a small striped fish native to Japan that apparently hitched a cross-Pacific ride in a small boat believed to be part of a tide of debris from that country’s March 2011 tsunami.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Allen Pleus, Bruce Kauffman, Curator Keith Chandler, Long Beach, Oregon State University, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, japan

California governor looks to China for investments

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the money to further those […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Arkansas Economic Development Agency, Arkansas Gov, Asia Society, Beijing, Bruce Pickering, China, Chinese, Dan Richard, Jerry Brown, Jim Wunderman, Joe Holmes, Mike Beebe, Pearl River Delta, Silicon Valley, United States, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19

Defiant Vietnamese farmer sentenced to 5 years in jail

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HAIPHONG, Vietnam (AP) — A court sentenced a family of four Vietnamese fish farmers to between two and five years in prison on Friday, April 5 after finding them guilty of attempted murder for fighting back with homemade guns and land mines against a state eviction squad.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Defiant Vietnamese, Doan Van Quy, Doan Van Vuon, Haiphong City, Nguyen Viet Hung, Pham Duc Tuyen, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Southeast Asian, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19

China offers to reduce friction

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Hutzler The Associated Press BOAO, China (AP) — With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday, April 7 that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Australia, BOAO, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East China Sea, Korean Peninsula, North Korean, Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, United States, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, World Economic Forum, Zaire, language

Leak feared at Japan nuke plant

April 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday, April 6 that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with tight storage space.     

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, ALPS, Fukushima Dai-chi, Masayuki Ono, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, japan

PWEKA searching for Filipino art to display

April 12, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Pinoy Words Expressed Kultura Arts (PWEKA) is curating the Pagdiriwang Filipino American Art display at the Seattle Center Armory Building on June 8 to June 9. They are looking for submissions. The theme this year is “Through Our Eyes.” Filipino American artists are invited to submit files of their original artwork, up to 5 pieces, […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2013, Central District, Mark Takamichi Miller, PWEKA, Pagdiriwang Filipino American Art, Tougo Coffee Inc, Vol 32 No 16 | April 13 - April 19, Washington State Arts Commission, culture

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