TOKYO (AP) — A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday, Feb. 14 challenging a civil law that effectively stops women from keeping their surnames when they marry.
Archives for February 2011
Thai airline trains first-ever transsexual flight attendants
BANGKOK (AP) — Four Thai “ladyboys” have been recruited as flight attendants for a start-up charter airline that says it will be Thailand’s first to include transsexuals among its cabin crew.
Japan confirms China surpassed its economy in 2010
TOKYO (AP) — Japan confirmed that China’s economy surpassed its own as the world’s second largest in 2010 and said a late-year downturn was its first quarterly contraction in more than a year.
Chinese expulsion remembered
On Saturday, Feb. 12, community members marched and rallied to remember the 350 Chinese railroad workers, agriculture workers, and coal miners who were pushed out of Seattle in 1886.
And the nominess are … A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture
The past month showed a lot of love to Asian stars. The Academy Award nominees include a number of Asians, the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition released its annual report card
Blog: More than 2,000 sit in the freezing cold in Olympia to rally for their rights
The challenge of emceeing for an audience of more than 2,000 outdoors in 30-something-degree weather was keeping the program on time and on point.
Blog: Chinatown/ID featured on television
Can you survive without speaking English in the ID? What percentage of outsiders patronize ID businesses?
Blog: Low-maintenance Valentine’s Day
For those of you who did not received any card or gift from your boyfriend or husband on Valentine’s Day, get over it. You don’t need one.
Editorial: A walk to remember: Community members rightly stand up for Chinese who were kicked out of Seattle
In October, Tacoma remembered the Chinese who were ordered to leave the city in 1885, after they had finished building a portion of the Northern Pacific Railroad line.
Feb. 10: Immigrants and refugees speak up for rights in Olympia
Immigrants and refugees traveled to Olympia from all over the state to raise their collective voice in a rally as part of Washington State Refugee and Immigrant
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