2015 – Page 87

COMMENTARY: Rice and peanut butter and jelly

March 20, 2015 By Admin

By Emily Okawara Northwest Asian Weekly While I was sitting in the cafeteria with the rest of my second grade class, the recess teacher who helped me to open my […]

Wing Luke’s 90th birthday — Celebration reveals fascinating history

March 19, 2015 By Admin

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Did you know that the late Wing Luke, the first Asian American Seattle city councilman, started the preservation of the Pike Place Market campaign […]

Changing palates affect Alaska seafood sales in Japan

March 19, 2015 By Admin

By Jeanette Lee Falsey Alaska Dispatch News ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Satomi Inaba grew up eating her mother’s boiled fish and mackerel sushi, but like many younger Japanese consumers today […]

Cricket in March Madness — A sport that is not as niche as you might think

March 19, 2015 By Admin

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly While the NCAA college basketball tournament has many hoop fans filling out their brackets to see who will make it to the Final Four […]

Building a history for immigrants

March 19, 2015 By Admin

By Zachariah Bryan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY For Patsy O’Connell, founder of the Asia Pacific Cultural Center in Tacoma, this project is a long time coming. After nearly 20 years, she […]

GSCCC annual banquet raises funds

March 16, 2015 By Admin

The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce celebrated Lunar New Year with its annual banquet at China Harbor on March 5. The GSCCC raised $2000 for Kin On Health Care […]

Do resigns; will help development for Special Olympics

March 16, 2015 By Admin

Mary Do has resigned from Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area CID-BIA to join the Special Olympics as Vice President of Development. Her last day as BIA’s marketing director will be […]

McDermott awarded by Japan Embassy

March 16, 2015 By Admin

Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) was presented with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold & Silver Star award at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. for his contribution to “promoting Japan-U.S. […]

Vigil protesting domestic violence

March 16, 2015 By Admin

There was a rally and march around the King County courthouse last week in honor to remember the lives of Susanna Remerata Blackwell, her unborn child, baby Kristine, Phoebe Dizon, […]

Yoshitomi launches “Memories” program

March 16, 2015 By Admin

Karen Yoshitomi, the new Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) executive director, has launched the “Omoide (Memories)”program series for 2015. She presented her organizational vision and goals in […]