Far East

Japanese dance tradition continues under master instructor

November 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Steven Mark HONOLULU (AP) — Watching a fan in the hands of Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi is like watching a feather dance in the breeze. She holds it out like […]

Korla Pandit — Disguising identity: From Black to Indian

October 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Two hands hold a large censer. A voice speaks of wisdom and rubies. A deep, slightly scraggly voice. The action fades-in to a man […]

EDITORIAL: Celebrate your awesome, Asian heritage

May 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time for celebrations and festivities throughout the United States.

Festivalgoers embrace Little Saigon

August 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 […]

Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery

May 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial […]

Women take over: Northwest Asian Artists at SAM

November 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Deanna Duff Northwest Asian Weekly Women have taken over the Seattle Art Museum. Not through protests or demonstrations, but with a different type of exciting,

Filipino WWII vets still waiting for payments

January 21, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WAIPAHU, Hawaii (AP) — Gaudencio Sotio injured his left leg fighting to expel the Japanese military from the Philippines during World War II. Though Filipino, he was fighting under the command of the United States, which had colonized his homeland in the early 1900s.