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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 – October 26

Seattle Times’ Sona Patel accepts position with the New York Times

October 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sona Patel, formerly of the Seattle Times, will be joining the New York Times’ social media team in New York City as a social media manager. While living in Seattle, she served as the president of the Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, while working as a social media producer at the Seattle […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Asian American Journalists Association, New York City, New York Times, Seattle Times, Sona Patel, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, social media

101-year-old Bainbridge Island resident Fumiko Hayashida donates $101 to Inslee campaign

October 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Fumiko Hayashida, a 101-year-old Japanese Seattle resident and part of the delegation who testified before Congress on behalf of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, visited the Jay Inslee campaign early last week to make a donation of $101 in honor of her age. Hayashida was a 31-year-old pregnant mother of two when Executive […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, Executive Order, Fumiko Hayashida, Jay Inslee, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26

Two Asian American amateur chefs take a chance in Chef Rautureau’s Kitchen Circus

October 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Home chefs Atina Tan and Myrissa Yamashiro will be throwing their hats into the ring to appear on Top Chef Master Thierry Rautureau’s Seattle-based reality cooking show Kitchen Circus, along with seven others. Rautureau, also known as “the chef in the hat,” is the man behind Seattle eateries Rover’s and Luc.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Kitchen Circus, Le Creuset, New York City, Seattle, Top Chef Master Thierry Rautureau, Two Asian American, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26

Marie Chong returns to Seattle-based ARC Dance Company

October 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After a year working with Cirque du Soleil on their Zooka show, Marie Chong will be returning to the Seattle-based ARC Dance Company as artistic and executive director. Before working with Cirque du Soleil, Chong spent 12 years at ARC.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, ARC, Marie Chong, North America, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, japan

Yao Ming and Bill Russell meet at NBA preseason games held in Shanghai, China

October 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jerry Lee, chairman of Bellevue-based architecture firm MulvannyG2 Architecture; former SuperSonic Fred Brown; Eric Booker, Director of Player Development and Community Relations at Snoqualmie Casino; and basketball hall of famer Bill Russell attended the NBA preseason games held in Shanghai, China last week, on Oct. 11 and 16. China’s economic development was apparent, as both […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Bill Russell, China, Jerry Lee, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, MulvannyG2 Architecture, NBA, Snoqualmie Casino, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, Yao Ming

NBA to open Chinese facility

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING, CHINA (AP) — The National Basketball Association and a Chinese partner say they plan to open a basketball center near Beijing.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, China, Chinese, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, NBA, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, Yatai Lanhai

Asia’s major military powers double defense spending

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Asia’s top powers have doubled defense spending in the past decade, spurred by the explosion in military expenditure by China, new research shows.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Asia Pacific, China, Cold War, David Berteau, India, International Studies, Obama, South Korea, Southeast Asian, Taiwan Strait, United States, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, WASHINGTON, attention, japan

China begins aircraft carrier flight training

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING, CHINA (AP) — China has begun flight training on its first aircraft carrier, with photographs posted on websites Monday showing navy pilots practicing touch-and-go landing exercises.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, China, Chinese-produced Z-8, Defense Ministry, South China, Soviet Navy, Ukraine, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26

Japan’s Softbank to buy Sprint

October 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yuri Kageyama and Peter Svensson The Associated Press TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion, giving the struggling U.S. cellphone company an infusion of cash and confidence.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, China Mobile, Germany, Great Britain, Japan Tobacco Inc, Kansas-based Sprint Nextel Corp, LTE, Overland Park, Softbank Corp, Softbank President Masayoshi Son, Tokyo, United States, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Japan, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26, culture

U.S.–Japan relations reinforced at U.S.–Japan Council conference held in Seattle

October 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The U.S.–Japan Council hosted their annual conference at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle on Oct. 5, bringing together economic leaders

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Acting Commerce Secretary Black, Boeing Raymond Connor, CEO, Director General Junichi Ihara, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Irene Hirano Inouye, Japan Council, Lawson Inc, Misaka Murakami, Pacific Northwest Division, Phyllis Campbell, Seattle, Senator Daniel Inouye, Takeshi Niinami, Thomas Linon, United States, Vol 31 No 43 | October 20 - October 26

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