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Los Alamos Historical Museum team to research atomic bomb impact in Japan

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A group from Los Alamos, once the building site for an atomic bomb, is making an unprecedented trip this month to a country that was […]

Japanese American leaders visit Tokyo and Kobe

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Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell, and Darren T. Nakata, an attorney from Portland, Oregon, joined eight other Japanese American leaders from March 5 to 12 in a visit to […]

Maid in Japan — Japanese rock group BAND-MAID to debut overseas at Sakura-Con

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During an hour-long break, five tired-looking Japanese girls logged onto Skype because they had a press interview with Northwest Asian Weekly. …

Scholarship available for Japanese and American students studying abroad

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The U.S.–Japan Council (USJC) introduced the U.S.–Japan Council Toshizo Watanabe Endowed Scholarship on Feb. 18. The scholarship is for undergraduate American and Japanese students in a term or a year-long […]

Angelina Jolie’s film ‘Unbroken’ finally opens in Japan more than a year later

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By Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken” opened Feb. 6, more than a year after the rest of the world, in Japan, where the main character […]

NWAW’s January must-reads — Mysterious murders, a petite pachyderm, and not-so-hardboiled detectives

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly One of my favorite things to do when the weather is cold is curl up under a blanket with a good mystery. The following […]

South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

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By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a […]

Most clicked 2015 stories – (According to Google Analytics!)

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What did Northwest Asian Weekly website readers find the most intriguing to click on this year? Here is the list of the top 15 in 2015, based on Google Analytics. […]

Japanese dance tradition continues under master instructor

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By Steven Mark HONOLULU (AP) — Watching a fan in the hands of Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi is like watching a feather dance in the breeze. She holds it out like […]