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Japan-born Kenichi Ebina wins ‘America’s Got Talent’

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Japan-born Kenichi Ebina won the eighth season of TV show “America’s Got Talent” on Sept. 18, becoming the first person of Asian descent to win […]

Jazz singer Matsui reveals soul

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese jazz pianist Keiko Matsui, a native of Tokyo, has traveled around the world for the past three decades, promoting her distinctive blend of […]

BLOG: Japanese governor brings a feast to Seattle

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By Assunta Ng Oishii! Giving good first impressions make it harder for others to forget you. The youngest serving Japanese governor, Eikei Suzuki from the Mie Prefecture, intended to do […]

Japan’s humanoid robot takes off to space station

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By Staff The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for “hope” and […]

Living his dream, Japanese American singer makes screen debut

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly I met Tomo Nakayama shortly after 9/11 at Seattle’s Varsity Theatre where I was reviewing a movie and he was letting the critics in. […]

Robots on the ‘Pacific Rim’

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Giant monsters. Giant robots. Giant monsters fighting giant robots. If the underlying principles of “Pacific Rim” sound familiar to you from Japanese anime, film, […]

Japanese troops head to California to train

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By Julie Watson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Japanese troops will converge on California’s southern coast in the next two weeks as part of a military exercise […]

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 […]