SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit claims the federal government is discriminating against Filipino World War II veterans by giving them benefits far below what U.S. veterans receive.
Mass grave of Japanese soldiers unearthed on Tarawa
HONOLULU (AP) — Forensic anthropologist Gregory Fox and his team sifted dirt on the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa at what they thought might be the graves of U.S. Marines
Top North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop dies at 87
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — He was the intellectual force behind the philosophy of self-reliance that guided North Korea and a top official in the Workers’ Party
API innovators celebrated for their contributions to healthcare
Healthcare professionals who have championed clinics for the poor and paved new territory in medical fields made up the honorees for Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation’s 13th
Furious China blocks visit to Nobel winner’s wife
BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday blocked European officials from meeting with the wife of the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner, cut off her phone communication
A new face in a new place
Thach Nguyen is the new loan officer for the Martin Luther King branch of Chase Bank in Seattle. In his new role, Nguyen is responsible for originating
Sept. 23–26: Local ice dancers Joylyn Yang and Jean-Luc Baker place seventh in Japan competition
Joylyn Yang, 14, from Mukilteo and Jean-Luc Baker, 16, from Edmonds, both students at Kamiak High School, represented the United States at the 2010 SBC Cup in Karuizawa, Japan.
Aug. 28: First Omusubi event enhances Japanese and Japanese American heritages
The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) partnered with the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center and held its first Omusubi event at the center’s location in Seattle.
Sept. 23: General Biodiesel wins a 2010 Green Washington Award for Reuse
General Biodiesel (GB), a company founded in 2006 by Yale and Laura Wong to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, won a 2010 Green Washington Award in the Reuse category from Seattle Business Magazine.
Breaking the bamboo ceiling
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) indicates that a gender wage gap still exists. The median income of women is still 77.9 percent that of men.