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Nikkei Supports Japanese Students Abroad for Future Leadership
Steve Sakanashi, back left, and his Sekai Creator program participants./Photo courtesy of Megumi Initiative By Ririko Hirase The North American Post Steve Hiroshi Sakanashi has been dreaming of suppor ting Japanese students abroad for
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Seattle Gathers Tie for Japan Earthquake Recovery
Event attendees sing “Hana Wa Saku,” a support song for Japan relief at Seattle Center. Photo by Hajime Watanabe/The North American Post By Noriyuki Nagai The North American Post Two years have passed since
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Seattle Japanese Garden Opens for 2013 Season
Rev. Barrish purifies the garden on March 3. Photo by Noriyuki Nagai/ The North American Post
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Nikkei Congressman Cautions Japan’s Apology for Comfort Women
Mike Honda By Shihou Sasaki The North American Post U.S. Representative Mike Honda sent a letter to the Japanese Embassy on Feb. 20 requesting an official apology about the World War II comfort women
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Washington Legislature Recognizes Day of Remembrance
Dozens of community members visit Olympia on Feb. 15 to observe the annual state legislature’s Day of Remembrance session. / Photo courtesy of Washington State Legistlature By Shihou Sasaki The North American Post Dozens
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Local Residents Hope for Japanese Torii Back to Seward Park
Japanese torii in Seward Park in 1962. The neighborhood symbolic figure says “Gateway to the Orient” on the beam./ Photo courtesy of Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection By Hajime Watanabe The North American
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Nikkei Author Connects Stories with Community, Roots, Japan
By Maiya Gessling The North American Post “It just exploded into my consciousness,” is what Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho, had to say about Julie Otsuka’s first book “When the Emperor Was Divine.”
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U.S.-Japan Council Announces Delegates to Japan to Build “People to People” Bridge Youngest member in leadership program from Seattle
2013 delegates and trip leaders Irene Hirano Inouye and Consul Toshio Odagiri at the Japanese American Culture Center. / Photo courtesy of the U.S.-Japan Council By Shihou Sasaki The North American Post The
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New Bond with Japan Built in Olympia
Japan and Washington State representatives stand in the cherry planting ceremony in Olympia on Jan. 26. Photo by Maiya Gessling/ The North American Post By Maiya Gessling The North American Post Over one
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