Christine Ogura, superintendent of Honouliuli National Historic Site (HNHS) in Hawai’i, traveled through the Seattle area earlier this month as the World War II incarceration site she oversees commemorates its 10th anniversary as a unit of the National Park Service (NPS).
Pearl Harbor memorial service in Hawaii to move to new site
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Park Service and the U.S. Navy plan to hold a joint memorial service Monday to mark the 74th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. The […]
Bodies retrieved from Mount Rainier: Southeast Asia Intel Managing Director Uday Marty identified
By Gene Johnson Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The location of the three bodies was revealed by the melting snow, but getting to them was another matter. They were high […]
$2.9 million will go to Japanese American confinement sites
Last week, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced 21 grants totaling more than $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of Japanese […]
New bill would ‘properly recognize’ Bainbridge memorial
On May 28, Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06) introduced a bill to officially recognize a new name for the Bainbridge Island memorial to Japanese Americans forced from their homes during World […]
New collection of images depicts WWII Japanese internment camp Minidoka
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 […]
Battle for Vashon landmark ongoing — Appeals court allows Friends of Mukai case to continue
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A recent Court of Appeals ruling granted a group known as Friends of Mukai the opportunity for a trial court to hear its […]
Airport fence through Ore. internment camp opposed
By Staff The Associated Press KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Japanese-American groups and individuals are questioning plans to build a fence around the Tulelake Airport that would cut through the […]
Tule Lake Committee receives grant for prison restoration
National Park Service director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced on April 6 that the NPS Japanese American Confinement Sites Program awarded the Tule Lake Committee with a $192,467 grant to begin […]
EDITORIAL: Hope coming in the Year of the Snake
Last year, during the opening of the Year of the Dragon, the Northwest Asian Weekly wished for a few things. We wished that the economy would improve. We wished that […]