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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

Grim outlook for sushi lovers’ favorite, bluefin tuna

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The latest scientific assessment paints a likely bleak future for the Pacific bluefin tuna, a sushi lovers’ favorite whose population has dropped by more than 97 percent from its historic levels. A draft summary of a report by the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, TUNA, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

Instagram pics of Hermes bags may be costly for Thai actress

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — Flaunting one’s wealth is a popular avocation among Thailand’s well-to-do, but one actress may find it as costly as a few high-fashion handbags. Pechaya Wattanamontri posted photos of herself on Instagram with nine boxed Hermes handbags that she purchased abroad. A video also circulated of her purchasing one of the luxury bags, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Hermes handbags, Pechaya Wattanamontri, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

Japan Catholic school sex-abuse victims demand to be heard

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal has stretched into one of the least Catholic countries: Japan, where former students at a prestigious all-boys parochial school allege they were molested or raped by religious brothers who taught there decades ago. Three former students at St. Mary’s International […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

China plans to land on Mars by 2020

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Work is proceeding quickly on China’s planned mission to land a rover on Mars by 2020, the chief administrator of the country’s ambitious space program said April 22. Formally announced in January, China’s Mars voyage will attempt to recreate the success of the United States’ Viking 1 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, MARS, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

Another controversial case of whitewashing, Scarlett Johansson cast as lead in “Ghost in the Shell”

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Card Northwest Asian Weekly “Ghost in the Shell,” a popular Japanese manga series following a cyborg policewoman, is getting a live-action adaptation set to release in 2017. However, the film is already receiving a heavy dose of backlash over the casting of Scarlett Johansson as its lead character, Major Motoko Kusanagi. This is […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2016, ABC, Academy Awards, Chinese Hawaiian, Constance Wu, Emma Stone, Eric Card, GHOST IN THE SHELL, Jon Tsuei, M. Night Shyamalan, Major Motoko Kusanagi, New Zealand, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sam Yoshiba, Scarlett Johansson, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6, culture, japan

Let your voice be heard

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS)’s new Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Democracy Initiative needs your help to raise $200,000.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Briefs, Community News, Featured stories, Politics Tagged With: 2016, AAPI DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

The road from Snohomish County to the Democratic National Convention

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Chan Special to the Northwest Asian Weekly (Note from the Editor: The following article represents the thoughts of a fire commissioner from Snohomish County and the process he’s going through to become a delegate for Bernie Sanders. David Chan told us that besides Rep. Cindy Ryu, there are no significant representatives of the […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, David Chan, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

High profile cases, Asian judges

April 29, 2016 By Ruth Bayang

By Ruth Bayang Northwest Asian Weekly A divided U.S. Court of Appeals panel upheld NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s four-game suspension of Tom Brady for his involvement in “Deflategate” on April 25. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that Goodell did not deprive Brady of “fundamental fairness” […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, DANNY CHUN, Denny Chin, Supreme Court Justice, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

New citizens remember what they left behind

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tim Gruver Northwest Asian Weekly More than 80 people from 43 different countries began their new lives as U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony on April 7 at Seattle Central Library. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and staff members from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service presided over the ceremony. A prerecorded video address […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

Vegan or vegetarian? Questions arise surrounding Chinese restaurant menu

April 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On April 23, patrons of a local Chinese restaurant known for being vegan-friendly were shocked to learn that their beloved eatery may have been using animal-derived products.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, BAMBOO GARDEN, VOL 35 NO 18 APRIL 30 – MAY 6

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