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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 – March 25

International students worry about home, Chase head recounts quake experience

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Strong earthquakes hit the Tohoku region of Japan in the afternoon on March 11, triggering several 6- to 23-foot tsunami waves that caused massive destruction

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, Additionally Uwajimaya, American Red Cross, Ayumi Urayama, Bai Tong, Diane Adachi, Eastern Japan, Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, Fukushima Prefectures, Greater Tokyo, Japanese American Phyllis Campbell, Local Thai, Makiko Kato, Narita International Airport, New Otani Hotel, Saki Matsumora, Sendai Japan, Sunday March, United States, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

Robots find many friends in South Seattle students

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Those passing by the Qwest exhibition center on March 18 or 19 may wonder why there are so many students in colorful t-shirts, excited to be awake at 8 a.m.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Amit Bhardwaj, Central Community College, Dean Kamen, Donna Lew, Engineering Inspiration Award, FIRST, Franklin High School, Jack Tao, Justine Sims, Kate Thibodeau, Kyle Lee, Microsoft Seattle Regional Champions, Ryan Lew, South Seattle, Team Xbot, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, Vy Tralala, Zile Li, technology

Rock band to trademark office: ‘Our name is not disparaging to Asians’

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Members of the Portland-based band The Slants create synth-pop anthems that channel 1980s icon Depeche Mode, but with an Asian flair. In one track,

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2009, 2011, API, Asian Americans, Chinese American, Depeche Mode, Doug Chin, Evangeline Cafe, Ka Yee, Priya Cloutier, Sakura Sakura, Simon Young, Spencer Trowbridge, The Slants, Trademark Act Section, USPTO, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

NYC Chinatown bus crash kills 15

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — Passengers and witnesses to a New York City bus crash that killed 15 people are contradicting

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, AP, Chinatown, Christopher Hart, Chung Ninh, Ellen Borakove, Emergency Service Unit, Matthew Galvin, Michael Kopy, Mohegan Sun, NYPD, New York City, Oanfa Quan, Ophadell Williams, Passenger Jose Hernandez, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, World Wide Tours, World Wide Travel

Mayor under fire for possibly violating ethics code

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Earlier in the month, City of Tacoma Mayor, Marilyn Strickland, returned from a 10-day trip to Seoul, Shanghai

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Asia, John Hathaway, Marilyn Strickland, Mayor Strickland, News Tribune, Ron Chow, Seattle Chinese Post, Seattle Pacific Trading, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

Asian foods to be featured at Vegfest

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian foods are among the 500 different kinds of food featured at this year’s Vegfest, to be held March 26 and March 27 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Chan Hwang, Chao Dao, Dilmah Tea, Lucky Foods, Morinaga Nutritional Foods, Pranee Halvorsen, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Sri Lankan, Tacoma Family Medicine Residency, Thailand, UBC, United States, Vegetarian Pacific Northwest, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

Uwajimaya to open new store in Bellevue

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Uwajimaya will be moving from their current location at 15555 NE 24th St. & Bel-Red Road in the spring of 2011.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, CEO, NE, Pacific Northwest, Tomoko Moriguchi Matsuno, Uwajimaya Bellevue, Uwajimaya President, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

Japanese players try to get in touch with families after earthquake

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Boston pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka tried to get in touch with his grandmother. Oakland slugger Hideki Matsui prayed for the victims.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Brian Cashman, CNN, Commissioner Bud Selig, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Former St, Golfer Ryo Ishikawa, Hideki Matsui, Indian Wells, Japanese Heritage Night, Jenson Button, Jessica Michibata, Kei Igawa, Koji Uehara, Port St, Seattle, So Taguchi, TV, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25

Young migrants changing the face of China’s cities

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

DONGGUAN, China (AP) — Li Biying, 20, has no plans to go home. Unlike older migrant workers who came to earn money for a few years before returning to their villages

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Bill Clinton, China Youth Research Center, Chinese, DONGGUAN, Factory Girls, Hong Kong, Miao Linglin, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, Wang Chunguang

Diversity makes a difference — Part 4

March 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Sara and her fellow officers re-branded the diversity club and helped shape its new moniker, Inspiring a Movement or IAM

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2011, Alice Tanaka, Black Student Union, Chief Sealth International High School, Diversity Makes a Difference, Diversity Makes a Difference 2011, Franklin High School, Holy Names Academy, IAM, Lake Washington High School, Northwest Asian Weekly, Renton High School, Seattle University, United States, Vietnamese Boy Scouts, Vol 30 No 12 | March 19 - March 25, West Seattle High School, culture

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