The Metropolitan King County Council held a ceremony on Feb. 21 to recognize it has been 75 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. 9,600 Japanese-American […]
WSCRC president
Mercy Kuo was recently named the president of the Washington State China Relations Council (WSCRC). She authors a weekly column on U.S.-Asia policy at The Diplomat, an international affairs magazine […]
Saleem Juma to represent WA at Mr. United States competition
Saleem Juma, a fitness model who once suffered from depression and lives with an ostomy bag attached to his stomach, is Mr. Washington state and will represent Washington in the […]
Iron Chef Morimoto visits Seattle
Masaharu Morimoto of Iron Chef fame visited Seattle on Feb. 13 and shared a meal with Jerry Quinn Lee of MG2 Foundation at Tai Tung. Morimoto reportedly gave Tai Tung’s […]
Seattle Asian Art Museum to undergo renovation
The Seattle Asian Art Museum will close its doors starting Feb. 27. The original home of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), the Asian Art Museum building has not been substantially […]
Special delivery: US-born panda cub Bao Bao back in Central China
After a 16-hour flight, American-born panda celebrity Bao Bao landed at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Sichuan Province at 7:10 p.m. local time on Feb. 22. Quarantine officials cleared Bao […]
Man at head of Bay Area prostitution ring sentenced
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Mateo man at the head of a Bay Area prostitution ring that trafficked women from overseas has been sentenced to nearly four years in […]
TV footage appears to show deliberate attack on North Korean
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Security camera footage obtained by Japanese television appears to show a careful and deliberate attack last week on the exiled […]
China closes live poultry markets amid deadly H7N9 flu outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — China is ordering the closure of live poultry markets in its south-central regions as it grapples with the worst outbreak of bird flu in years that has […]
COMMENTARY: Response to ‘Was the relocation of West Coast Japanese racist?’
By Kristina West (Kristina West is from Pasco, Wash. and currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.) On Jan. 29, The Tri-City Herald published an op-ed, entitled “Was the Relocation of West […]