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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 – May 14

Medford woman, Hiroshima survivor works for peace

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — “You would think the four-leaf clover pressed between pages in the old scrapbook was for good luck.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Hideko Tammy Tamura Snider, Hideyuki Tamura, Iran, Japanese Fifth Army, Kimiko Tamura, MEDFORD, New York City, North Korean Peninsula, One Sunny Day, Ota River, Robert Snider, Russia, Studs Terkel, United Nations, United States, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, Wooster College

McGinn: Fujii’s resignation was a personal decision

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mayor Mike McGinn made it clear in a recent telephone interview that the resignation of Deputy Mayor Philip Fujii was a personal decision made solely by Fujii for health reasons.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Although Fujii, Asian American, Chris Bushnell, Deputy Mayor Philip Fujii, Greenwood Community Council, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Read Publisher Ng, Seattle, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, blog, letter

Father and son create endowment in memory of wife and mother

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Clyde Shields, a uremia patient, was saved 50 years ago by the first successful dialysis treatment at the University of Washington Hospital (now the UW Medical Center).

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Clyde Shields, Danh Ngo, Doug Seto, Free Asian Pacific Islander Kidney Health Fair, Great Wall Shopping Mall, Kidney Research Institute, Kiyoko Seto, Matthew Seto, NKC, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Kidney Centers, Seto Endowment, Valley Highway, Vivian Luu, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14

Renowned jazz musician Cuong Vu sets the tone for change

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Through his role as a University of Washington professor and a professional musician, the Vietnamese trumpeter is on a mission to revitalize the jazz scene here in the Pacific Northwest.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, ABBA, Brennan Carter, Chapel Performance Space, Chris Speed, Cuong Vu, Ivan Arteaga, Laurie Anderson, Luke Bergman, Mark Seales, Mitchell Froom, Northwest Vietnamese News Nguoi Viet Tay Bac, OK, Pacific Northwest, Pat Metheny, Scott Macpherson, Seattle, Stomu Takeishi, Ted Poor, UW, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14

Grouping all Asians together could be bad for their health

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian Americans as a whole are half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to die from heart disease. However, Native Hawaiians are 40 percent more likely to suffer from heart disease than whites.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2010, Asian Americans, CPIC, CRC, China, Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians, New America Media, Pacific Islander, Paul Kleyman, San Francisco, Santa Clara County, Sarah Brennenstuhl, Scarlett Lin Gomez, United States, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14

Huge crowds turn out for Los Angeles’ immigration march

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators opposed to Arizona’s tough law marched through the streets of downtown Los Angeles to demand an overhaul of immigration laws

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Benjamin Hernandez, Cardinal Roger Mahony, Civic Center, Deport Illegal Aliens, Eleazar Cruz, Grand Canyon State, Janice Hahn, Juan Carlos Esteban, Los Angeles Police Officer Cleon Joseph, Mexico, Mission District, Noe Madrigal, Oswaldo Osorio, Racist Law, San Diego, United Service Workers West, United States, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14

Thousands of Asians rally for jobs and more pay on May Day

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers thronged the streets of Asian cities Saturday in annual May Day marches, demanding job creation and minimum wage hikes.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bayu Ajie, Boy Rafli Amar, Chan Yuen-han, GST, HK, Hong Kong, Indonesia, JAKARTA, Kuala Lumpur, Leung Yiu-chung, Mari Yamaguchi, Matthew Cheung, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Sakuji Daikoku, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, Yoyogi Park, japan

High food costs force Indians to do more with much less

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Food inflation that has been in the double digits for a year has had a deep impact on school lunches, family meals, and holy offerings. Anger with high prices erupted into protests

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Associated Press, Congress Party, Deepa Sinha, Eurasia Group, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Harsh Mander, India, Machimal Nagar, Mumbai, Pradip Hazra, Seema Desai, Seema Valmiki, Supreme Court, Tirupati Balaji, Uday Ghosh, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, West Bengal

Mom impossible to shop for? The answer lies in her zodiac sign

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Rat mom (1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972) – Rat mom is quick-witted, inquisitive, and hardworking. She is an opportunist and always pays attention to small details.

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures Tagged With: 2010, Burke Museum, Gasworks Park, Granville Island, Jocelyn Chui, Lake Union, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, attention, culture

Ji-woon’s film a little good, partly bad, and definitely weird

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ji-woon Kim’s “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” is set in the 1930s, with a criminal boss giving a dangerous assignment to a hired gun. If you’ve watched a fair number of movies, you might get the feeling that you’ve seen this before.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2010, Andrew Hamlin, Byung-hun Lee, Chang-yi Park, China, Director Kim, Japanese Army, Ji-woon Kim, Ji-woon Lee, Kang-ho Song, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Spaghetti Westerns, Tae-goo Yoon, Varsity Theatre, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, Woo-sung Jung

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