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Beer jazzes up the koto

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By Irfan Shariff Northwest Asian Weekly Chris Kenji Beer does not play the koto. He does, however, know the sound of the 13-stringed national instrument of Japan. The koto is […]

Maryknoll sister Fallon to receive peacemaker award

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Maryknoll Sister Jean Fallon, a Seattle native who has worked many decades for justice and peace throughout the world, will receive the Sister Christine Mulready Peacemaker Award from Pax Christi […]

Sakura: Celebrating the gift of cherry trees at the University of Washington

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A gift to the University of Washington (UW) from the people of Japan, 18 flowering cherry trees, will be dedicated in a ceremony on Tuesday, May 20, at 11 a.m., […]

Creativity inspired by nature and Japanese heritage

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By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From a distance, Naoko Morisawa’s artwork looks like a painting, but look closer, and you will notice that they are wood mosaics. Her art […]

PICTORIAL: Obama bounces around Asia

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President Obama launched his trip to Asia from Oso, Wash., where he visited the March 22 landslide victims’ families, friends, and rescue workers. From there, he began a week-long trip […]

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins Pritzker Prize

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By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who has combined a talent for innovative design and experimental use of everyday materials with extensive […]

McDonalds franchise head will be speaker at student diversity dinner

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By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates high school students from Western Washington — nominated by teachers, counselors, principals, and community […]

Japan’s last WWII straggler dies at 91

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By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese imperial soldier to emerge from hiding in a jungle in the Philippines and surrender, 29 years after […]

Crisis and Calm: Ruth Ozeki and the Art of Being a Novelist

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By Signe Predmore Northwest Asian Weekly It wasn’t until disaster struck that Japanese American author Ruth Ozeki’s latest, critically acclaimed novel, “A Tale for the Time Being,” truly came to […]