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Sakura: Celebrating the gift of cherry trees at the University of Washington

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A gift to the University of Washington (UW) from the people of Japan, 18 flowering cherry trees, will be dedicated in a ceremony on Tuesday, May 20, at 11 a.m., […]

SIFF’s opening delights

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle International Film Festival, running from May 15 through June 8, always brings fascinating Asian films to our town, many of them not […]

New collection of images depicts WWII Japanese internment camp Minidoka

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By Signe Predmore Northwest Asian Weekly When President Bill Clinton designated the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho as a National Park in 2001, Teresa Tamura realized that although she […]

The Layup Drill — Disney movie tells true story of Indian baseball players and more

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By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at baseball, the disappearance of Anthony Kim, and the return […]

Creativity inspired by nature and Japanese heritage

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By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From a distance, Naoko Morisawa’s artwork looks like a painting, but look closer, and you will notice that they are wood mosaics. Her art […]

EDITORIAL: It’s been a long road for those who worked hard to help unite these states

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Chinese workers helped make the United States a lot more “united” by building the first transcontinental railroad, linking the east and west coasts and bringing people and prosperity across the […]

U.S. inducts Chinese railroad workers into Labor Hall of Honor

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This month marks the 145th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. On May 9, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez formally inducted into the Labor Hall of […]