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After retiring, Yoshi Minegishi finds a second career in mentoring and classical music

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He loves Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. He is also an unassuming retiree who likes to mentor young people.

Gender-bending APIs spotlight overlooked segment of Asian population through pageant

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That’s what the night called for at Purr, a local bar on Capitol Hill. Purr was one of the many bars that teamed up to help David Luc Nguyen

Blog: A gift to reconnect with the Asian community

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Wells Fargo Bank is not the first big bank to open in the International District, but it does have a strong connection with the Asian community, which began during the Gold Rush.

SYLP: Asian American cancer rates explode 

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While heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, cancer has been the number one killer of Asian American women since 1980. Some staggering statistics show that the Japanese have the highest incidences of colorectal cancer, female breast cancer, and uterine cancer among all Asian subgroups.

Filipino teachers’ recruiter sued for exploitation

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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — A class-action lawsuit filed Thursday accuses a Los Angeles-based company of a human trafficking scheme to bring hundreds of Filipino teachers to Louisiana public schools using exploitative contracts that charged them excessive, illegal fees …