Shooting a film set eighty-odd years in the past has its challenges.
Bellevue College increases security after hate message to mural artist
Bellevue College is condemning a racist voicemail left for the artist behind a campus mural about Japanese American incarceration during World War II and is increasing security ahead of a planned permanent installation next month.
Keeping door open for AAPI representation is “one of my sacred duties” for first Japanese American Pierce County Councilmember Bryan Yambe
Newly elected Pierce County Councilmember Bryan Yambe (D5) was born into politics.
Japanese American actor and former Superman, says he’s joining ICE
Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman in the 1990s television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, said this week that he is joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to support former President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown.
AAPI-owned luxury glass celebrates 40 years, closes shop
Tish Oye is ready to retire.
Elderly Japanese American professor injured in suspected hate crime attack
Authorities are investigating a violent incident involving a 71-year-old Japanese American professor as a suspected hate crime after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his electric bicycle in Montebello, California on April 29.
Jayapal’s bill takes aim at outdated law behind WWII incarceration
Rep. Pramila Jayapal has introduced a “No Round Up Act”—to repeal the long-dormant immigration law that once enabled the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Traveling art installation honors Bellevue’s Japanese farmers
Bellevue Library last Wednesday welcomed the public to a new, traveling art installation meant to honor Bellevue’s Japanese farmers who were seized from their homes and incarcerated during WWII.
Annual Day of Remembrance for incarcerated Japanese and Japanese Americans to be held on Feb. 8
The Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) will hold its 47th annual Day of Remembrance at the Washington State Fairgrounds on Feb. 8.
Defacement of Japanese American mural a “gutpunch”
In the wee hours, sometime between Sunday, Jan. 19 and Monday, Jan. 20, vandals destroyed a historic Wing Luke Museum mural in Nihonmachi Alley, splashing black paint across the artwork depicting Japanese American history.
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