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UW professor receives lifetime achievement award for Asian American studies

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Stephen Sumida, professor of American ethnic studies, received the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Asian American Studies, which honors an individual’s contribution to the advancement of Asian […]

Japan gives Myanmar $504M loan, forgives past debt

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By Aye Aye Win The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Japan’s government on May 26 extended its first loan to Myanmar in 26 years and canceled the remainder of […]

Flights to Asia from Seattle to expand in June — Three new trans-Pacific routes to begin f lying in June

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly New routes from Seattle to multiple airports in Asia will begin to see travel in June, as Delta Airlines and All

Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery

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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 […]

Three tales of two countries

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Man Who Dammed the Yangtze By Alex Kuo Haven Books, 2011 In the Chinese city of Changchun, there lives a woman named Ge. […]

Suu Kyi visit highlights Japan’s economic push in Myanmar

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By Elaine Kurtenbach AP Business Writer TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by […]

Bright lights and twilight, a film review of “From Up On Poppy Hill”

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By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Rating:  “From Up On Poppy Hill” is the second anime feature from Goro Miyazaki, son of the famed anime master Hayao Miyazaki of Studio […]

Japanese diplomat sentenced in violence case

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By Rafu Shimpo Staff New America Media REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Yoshiaki Nagaya, 33, vice consul at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, has been sentenced to one year in […]

Diversity Makes a Difference — Part 4

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Compiled by Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates young people who are committed to reaching across cultural lines. Students are nominated […]