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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 – March 20

China tells Japan to set down historical baggage

March 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister renewed calls Sunday for senior Japanese leaders to abandon any attempt to water down their nation’s guilt over its World War II aggression against China and others. Looking ahead to this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of the war, Wang Yi told reporters […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese, Entrepreneur Yoshito Hori, Masashi Nishihara, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Wang Yi, japan

MH370 report: Locator beacon battery had expired

March 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) —The first comprehensive report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 revealed Sunday that the battery of the locator beacon for the plane’s data recorder had expired more than a year before the jet vanished on March 8, 2014. The report came as Australian Prime […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Anne Daisy, Associated Press, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Christopher Bodeen, First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid, Grace Subathirai Nathan, Indian Ocean, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Airlines Flight, Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak, Prime Minister Abbott, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Zaharie Ahmad Shah

The Village Report — Observations and sketches from Kampot

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Three guys who talked like Eastenders asked me what I wanted. Pasta. Did they have that? Kind of. In a set. “Ok. I’ll have that. The special. But can I substitute the beer, please? Do you have milk? Yes. Yes, thanks.” I was not in the mood for beer […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Art Book Fair, Aske Pederson, Cambodia, Dipika Kohli, Himachal Pradesh, India, Ireland, New Generation, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Climbing Heart Mountain — Documenting Japanese internment

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The latest film to detail the Japanese-American experience in relocation camps during World War II, David Ono’s “The Legacy Of Heart Mountain” has a free screening this coming Sunday, March 15th, at the Nisei Veterans Committee Memorial Hall 1212 S. King Street in Seattle, from 1 to 3 pm. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Asian American Journalist Association, Bruce Inaba, David Ono, Emmy Awards, Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, Hirahara Collection, Japanese Americans, King Street, NVC, NWAW, Nisei Veterans Committee Memorial Hall, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander Issues Television Online Award, RCT, Radio Television Digital News Association, Rainier Valley, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

The Layup Drill — Finally!: Manny-Floyd, UFC heads to the Philippines, and Lin playing well

March 13, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.  Have you recovered from the Super Bowl yet? Manny-Floyd…Finally We’ve written about it a lot and now we finally get to look forward to it.  Manny Pacquiao will meet Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on May 2nd in Las Vegas. The fight was […]

Filed Under: Sports, The Layup Drill Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Coach Scott, Filipino American, Floyd Mayweather, Frankie Edgar, Houston Rockets, Jordan Clarkson, Juan Manuel Marquez, Los Angeles Lakers, Mark Munoz, Martin Luther King, Moda Center, NBA, New York, Philippines, Super Bowl, Ultimate Fighting Championships, Urijah Faber, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Revisiting Taiwanese New Wave — Northwest Film Forum features retrospective of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s films

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Hou Hsiao-hsien, who’s been directing films since 1980, is considered one of the most prominent directors in the Taiwanese New Wave cinema movement.  The Northwest Film Forum, in collaboration with the Grand Illusion Cinema, presents a retrospective of the director’s work.  Northwest Film Forum programmer Courtney Sheehan took some […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Austria, Brazil, Courtney Sheehan Hou Hsiao-hsien, Courtney Sheehan Seattle, Good Men, Good Women, Grand Illusion Cinema, NWAW, NWFF, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Film Forum, Richard Suchenski, Taiwanese New Wave, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Young Jackie Chan…and samurais everywhere — Highlights from the Cinerama Fists & Fury martial arts festival

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “I don’t think that was Jackie Chan,” I told my movie date, as the lights went up at the end of “Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow.” And I owe her an apology, because it actually was Jackie Chan, who was of course good enough at playing himself that I […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Hamlin, Great Recession, Harold Lloyd, Kyuzo Seiji Miyaguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seven Samurai, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Young Jackie Chan, attention

COMMENTARY: Hindus urge Washington Governor for task force on hate crimes

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rajan Zed For Northwest Asian Weekly We are commending Washington Governor Jay Inslee for drawing attention to the recent vandalizing of Bothell and Kent Hindu temples and stressing the need of standing against acts of intolerance and hate. Hindus are urging him to create a Washington Governor’s Task Force on Hate Crimes. Hindus are […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Rajan Zed, Seattle, Task Force, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, attention

Top grade — “Diversity makes a difference” scholarship nominees

March 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Compiled by Andrew Kim Northwest Asian Weekly Each year, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation offers scholarships for extraordinary students who contribute and play a part in promoting diversity in our community. Here is a sampling of a few of our many exceptional nominations: Jonathan Flores, Kentridge High School “Jonathan has challenged himself by taking advanced […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Kim, Auburn Riverside High School, Bamba Club, Bamba Kenya, Black Student Union, Diversity Makes a Difference 2015, Estonia, Franklin High School, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Honor Society, Ingraham High School, Mariner High School, Mountlake Terrace High School, Multicultural Fair, National Honors Society, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, culture

Local Seattle sushi chef beats Bobby Flay on national TV

March 12, 2015 By Nina Huang

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Local chef Taichi Kitamura, owner and chef of Sushi Kappo Tamura appeared on the Food Network’s “Beat Bobby Flay” TV show on March 5. It was a packed house at Tini Bigs Lounge for the viewing party of “Beat Bobby Flay” where folks gathered to watch and support Kitamura as he […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Food Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Authentic Japanese, Beat Bobby Flay, Craig Hetherington, Food Network, Giada De Laurentiis, Local Seattle, Lynnwood High School, Michael Symon, Nina Huang, Seattle University, Sushi Kappo Tamura, TASTE, Taichi Kitamura, Tini Bigs Lounge, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20, attention

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