By Janice Nesamani NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The new Food Safety Rating System has made its presence felt in the International District (ID). While not all restaurants have been […]
Seattle vows to never go back to racial exclusion on Day of Remembrance
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Moving forward from prejudice-motivated exclusion of Japanese Americans and American Muslims requires change. Seattle’s Day of Remembrance provided a public opportunity to reflect […]
Navigation Center backlash
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Feb. 20, community organizations — mostly Vietnamese American — sent out a letter to the City of Seattle requesting “a pause on the […]
Members of president’s commission on Asian Americans resign
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten members of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have resigned to protest the Trump administration’s policies […]
BLOG: How to manage a Trump press conference
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY President Donald Trump declared the media as “enemy of the American people” after his first press conference last week. Honestly, I felt sorry for […]
EDITORIAL: Vogue’s diversity misstep
Vogue magazine chose Karlie Kloss, a white model, to appear as a Japanese geisha instead of an actual Japanese model. In the photo spread, Kloss’ signature blonde hair is replaced […]
New Club Bamboo director at ACRS
G. De Castro is the new Director of Aging and Adult Services at Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS). He has been with ACRS since 2011, serving the Asian American […]
Naoko Morisawa artwork at Edmonds library
A selection of artist Naoko Morisawa’s wood mosaic collages is available for public viewing at the Edmonds Library through March 15. Morisawa’s work is a contemporary update of traditional Japanese […]
Sen. Cantwell meets with Japanese Prime Minister
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Feb. 10 to discuss strengthening the Japanese-American economic relationship. Cantwell expressed that the two countries would continue their […]
Vincent Yao, Director General of Seattle’s Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Vincent Yao has been appointed the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle. As Director General, Yao works on broadening and deepening Taiwan’s diversified relations with […]