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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 – February 6

Honoring Japan-US relations

February 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Consulate General of Japan in Seattle recognized contributions to Japan-US relations Jan. 22. In a ceremony held during the New Year’s Reception at the Official Residence recipients were awarded the Consul General’s Commendation.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Canada, Consul General, Great East Japan Earthquake, New Year, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Peace Winds America, Seattle Symphony, US, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

Campbell, Gupta, and Park awarded for Executive Excellence

February 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Business Magazine SMB has selected Sunny Gupta, cofounder and CEO for Appotio Corporation, Jane Park, CEO of Ulep to be its 2015 honorees for Executive Excellence Awards. Phyllis Campbell is winner of SBM Lifetime Achievement Award. These honorees among the 13, have demonstrated exceptional representatives of all that is inspiring and energizing in organizational administration.  They were […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Appotio Corporation, CEO, Executive Excellence Awards, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Jane Park, Phyllis Campbell, SBM, Seattle Business, Sunny Gupta, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

Sheraton celebrates a new year

February 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel celebrated the holiday season by giving back to the community with its 22nd Annual Gingerbread Village, Providence Hospital O’Christmas Tree, the 30th Annual Senior Holiday Party, and the 62nd Annual Tim & Dan Watts Guild Santa Breakfasts. Sheraton raised over $57,000 for the Northwest chapter of JDRF, and the 22nd Annual […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Annual Gingerbread Village, Annual Senior Holiday Party, Annual Tim Dan Watts Guild Santa Breakfasts, Elsie Taniguchi, JDRF, Seattle, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

‘Man in the High Castle’ available to stream

February 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Amazon Studios released the pilot episode of “The Man In the High Castle.” The pilot, which filmed in Seattle hired hundreds of local cast and crew and over 200 local vendors. Over the course of the production’s 26 filming days in Seattle, various locations were featured, including the Chinatown/International District, Pioneer Square, Georgetown, and SODO. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Chinatown International District, Pioneer Square, SODO, Seattle, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

Ringing the bell in memoriam of the Kobe earthquake

February 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  SKSCA and other Japan-related groups have held bell ringing ceremonies since the Kobe earthquake to remember victims and show support to Kobe and its surrounding communities. Seattle residents also gathered at the Kobe Bell after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Tohoku, Japan.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Armory Building, Great East Japan Earthquake, Japanese Consul General Masahiro Omura, Kobe Bell, Kobe Earthquake, Reverend Ekou Murakami, Reverend Taijo Imanaka, SKSCA, Seattle Center, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

Vietnam allows new casino, ban on Vietnamese may be lifted

January 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A recently announced government decision to allow a casino on Vietnam’s biggest island drew mixed reactions Friday from citizens, who weighed its potential economic benefits against its perceived social vices.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Cambodia, Economist Pham Chi Lan, Kien Giang, Phu Quoc, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead

January 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless’’ after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed and promised to save the other.   Shinzo Abe said on NHK TV that the video was likely authentic and offered condolences to the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Germany, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State-affiliated, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Kenji Goto, Kyodo News, NHK, Nobuo Kimoto, Patrick Ventrell, President Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, White House National Security Council

Mark Wahlberg’s victim says he shouldn’t be pardoned

January 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Marcelo and Rodrique Ngowi Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A victim of one of actor Mark Wahlberg’s racially motivated attacks as a teenage delinquent in racially divided Boston in the 1980s insists he shouldn’t be granted a pardon for his crimes. Kristyn Atwood was among a group of mostly black fourth-grade students on […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Associated Press, Boogie Nights, Calvin Klein, Georgia, Hoa Trinh, Kristyn Atwood, Mark Wahlberg, Thanh Lam, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

A Chinaman’s chance: The immigrant’s journey — Eric Liu on race, immigration, and citizenship

January 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Singh Northwest Asian Weekly On Jan. 14, University of Washington School of Law held a question and answer session with Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University, interviewed by Robert Chang, director of the Korematsu Center. The interview between these two law professors engaged on the topic of race, immigration, and citizenship.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2015, America Chinese, Asian Americans, Bell Labs, Chance One Family, China, Chinese Americans, Citizen University, Eric Liu, GDP, Korematsu Center, Minal Singh, Robert Chang, Seattle, Taiwan, United States, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6

“Worst thing I ever heard in my life” — Adam Diegel: From bad auditions to a leading role in ‘Tosca’

January 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Adam Diegel, star of “Tosca,” now playing at the Seattle Opera, was once told to change careers after a bad audition.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Adam Diegel, Although Diegel, Asian American, Australia, Charlie Reicker, Diana Soviero, German American, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Julie Freeman, Korean, Luciano Pavarotti, Madame Butterfly, Metropolitan Opera, Northwest Asian Weekly, Richard Wagner, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, Yale University, language

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