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250 Japanese delegates celebrate 50 year relationship

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By Mike Baker The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — After 50 years, the relationship between Washington and Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture is stronger than ever. From Aug. 18–20, a delegation […]

Festivalgoers embrace Little Saigon

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By Hailey Way UW Newslab At the third annual Celebrate Little Saigon Festival on August 17, the sun shined, beer and Vietnamese coffee flowed, Vietnamese food was plentiful and the […]

Opportunities, changes common in South Seattle

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By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly As South Lake Union, Capitol Hill, and other neighborhoods in Central and North Seattle have prospered in recent years, South Seattle has been largely […]

The Rainier Valley — a neighborhood continually in flux

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By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly The heart and soul of Rainier Valley can be summed up by the mural on the Darigold plant just outside of Columbia City. The […]

Seven APA candidates advance — McGinn, Murray on to general election

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly State Sen. Ed Murray and incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn will be moving on to the general election in November, along with seven of the eight […]

UW Nikkei Alumni Association prepares for 90th anniversary

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly In 1922, Japanese American students at the University of Washington came together to create the University Students Club — colloquially known as the Japanese Students […]

Green architecture pops up around Chinatown — LEED, ESDS, what’s it mean?

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By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly As development in the International District increases, Seattle and the state of Washington’s push towards green architecture is starting to show up around the […]

Streetcar construction causes headaches in the ID

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By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly According to the city, the First Hill Streetcar was supposed to help the International District grow, but so far local businesses say the only […]

Uwajimaya to remodel Publix Hotel

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly One of the gateways into the International District will be getting a face-lift soon, as Uwajimaya Inc. prepares to remodel the Publix Hotel and the […]