Tuesday, April 1, 2008
CBF Scholarship Recipients Named
![[[(o)]](http://media.hokubeinews.net/site/camera_icon21x16.gif) The 2008 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Community Service Scholarship Committee has announced the 2008 recipients of the $2,000 scholarships.
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Community Meeting on Corp. Yard Development
SAN JOSE — A community meeting on the Japantown Corporation Yard redevelopment project will be held on Wednesday, April 2 at the Northside Community Center.
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Dennis Hayashi Running for Superior Court Judge
CASTRO VALLEY — Dennis Hayashi has declared that he will run for Alameda County Superior Court, District 9, in the June election.
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Hana Matsuri at Dinuba Buddhist Church
All members and friends are invited to attend the annual Hana Matsuri service on Saturday, April 5 in conjunction with the April monthly memorial service at Dinuba Buddhist Church.
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Hiromi at Palace of Fine Arts
Hiromi will perform on Friday, April 4 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco, as part of SFJAZZ’s ninth annual Spring Season.
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Akira Tana Returning to Gunn High
The Palo Alto Unified School District will present a jazz concert by Akira Tana on Friday, April 4 at Spangenberg Theater at Gunn High School.
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Gala to Benefit Diablo Ballet
DANVILLE — Diablo Ballet’s annual gala will be held on Saturday, April 5, at Blackhawk Country Club.
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Nancy Colvin to Give Demo at I.I. Meeting
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Ikebana International will hold its monthly meeting and present a demonstration by special guest Nancy Colvin on April 18 at the San Francisco County Fair Building.
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Yabu Now a Giant
The San Francisco Giants announced on March 30 that Keiichi Yabu, a Japanese baseball player training with the team as a non-roster invitee, was on its 25-man roster.
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
The Queen's Kimono Arrives
The 2008 Cherry Blossom Queen will get a one-of-a-kind furisode (long-sleeved) kimono donated by the Fujiyasu Kimono Co. in Japan.
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Queen Program Emcees
Amy Kimura Schoemehl and George Yamasaki Jr. will serve as emcees of the 2008 Cherry Blossom Queen Program, to be held Saturday, April 12 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinema in San Francisco Japantown.
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JACL Protests Article in Student Paper
The chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder has responded to a complaint lodged by the Japanese American Citizens League regarding an apparently anti-Asian article that appeared in a student publication.
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ANA Donates $1,000 to JCCCNC Youth Programs
The JCCCNC in San Francisco announced that Norihito Mori, of All Nippon Airways, presented a check in the amount of $1,000 from the 2007 ANA Corporate Ekiden Relay to Paul Osaki...
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Workshop for Caregivers
A free workshop, “Everything You Need to Know If You Are a Caregiver,” will be given on Saturday, April 5 in the Kimochi Administration Building in San Francisco Japantown.
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Crab Season in S.F.
The Nikkei Lions Club of San Francisco recently held its 17th annual Crab and Spaghetti Feed at Buddhist Church of San Francisco.
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Ruth Asawa Exhibition in Sonoma County
SANTA ROSA — “Following Nature: Ruth Asawa in Sonoma County” is running until April 20 at the Sonoma County Museum.
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Ballet San Jose's ‘Balanchine’ This Weekend
Ballet San Jose will present “Just Balanchine” on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30 at San Jose center for the Performing Arts.
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Bonsai Club Exhibit in San Jose
SAN JOSE — The San Jose Betsuin Bonsai Club’s 38th annual exhibit will be held Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, at San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuiin in Japantown.
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Nikkei Invitational Trios
DALY CITY — Week 26 results for the Nikkei Invitational Trios League, which played March 25 at Serra Bowl, are as follows...
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Friday, March 28, 2008
French Camp JACL Celebrates 60th Anniversary
STOCKTON — The French Camp chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League celebrated its 60th anniversary in conjunction with its annual installation and scholarship luncheon on March 16...
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S.F. Japantown Clean-up
The Japantown Task Force, along with the San Francisco Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, will host a Japantown Community Clean- Up Day on Saturday, March 29.
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Talk on Hospice Care
Kimochi Inc. is presenting an end of life and hospice care seminar on Monday, April 14 at the Kimochi Nutrition Site in San Francisco Japantown.
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‘Dust Storm’: Teen's Internment Odyssey
HAYWARD — “Dust Storm: Art and Survival in a Time of Paranoia” comes to CSU East Bay (formerly CSU Hayward) on Thursday, April 10.
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Yamaguchi Gets High Marks on ‘DWTS’
Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi seems to be making the transition from skating to dancing. On ABC’s hit reality show “Dancing With the Stars,” she and her partner...
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Award-Winning ‘B-Boy’ Opens Across Bay Area
Break-dancing, once the hallmark of underground urban culture, was born on the streets of New York in the ’70s. By the ’80s, it had exploded into American pop culture.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival in April
The 2008 Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27 at Memorial Park on Stevens Creek Boulevard.
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Veteran Robert Kashiwagi Dies; Appeared in ‘The War’
Robert Ichigi Kashiwagi, who was among the Sacramentans who appeared in Ken Burns’ PBS documentary “The War,” passed away peacefully on March 21...
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SFIAAFF Announces Winners of Narrative, Documentary Competitions
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 13-23), presented by the Center for Asian American Media, wrapped with an estimated attendance of 29,000...
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Sekimachi-Stocksdale Exhibit at Berkeley Art Center
BERKELEY — “Loom & Lathe: The Art of Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale” is running through April 27 at the Berkeley Art Center.
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‘Shutter’ Set in Japan
“Shutter,” a remake of a Thai horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai, opened nationwide on March 21 and placed third over the weekend behind “Doctor Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who” and...
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Nikkei Mixed Classic League
DALY CITY — The Nikkei Mixed Classic League played at Classic Bowling Center on March 20. Results follow...
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Eden Nikkei Seniors League
CASTRO VALLEY — The Eden Nikkei Seniors League played on March 20 at Castro Village Bowl. Results follow...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Asia Society Honors Stanford's SPICE
PALO ALTO — The Asia Society has awarded the 2007 Goldman Sachs Foundation Media and Technology Prize to the Reischauer Scholars Program, a college-level, distance-learning course about Japan...
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Save the Date: AHSC Back in J-Town
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration, billed as the largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the nation, is back and bigger than ever.
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CBF Poster Design Chosen
Izumi Kurokawa of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, created the winning design for the 41st annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival’s poster contest.
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President Names Kiyo Matsumoto to Federal District Court
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association is pleased that Kiyo Matsumoto was nominated by President Bush to serve as federal district court judge for the Eastern District of New York on March 11.
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48th Haru Matsuri/12th Taiko Expo in Morgan Hill
The 48th annual Morgan Hill Haru Matsuri (Spring Festival) will take place on Sunday, April 20 at the Morgan Hill Buddhist Community Center.
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Cherry Blossom Festival's Taiko Show
The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Taiko Festival will be held on Saturday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sundance Kabuki Cinema in San Francisco Japantown.
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‘Chimu ni Surimi’ to Close Soon
A closing reception for the exhibit “Chimu ni Sumiri: The Heart to Heart Journey of Okinawan Culture” will be held on Sunday, March 30 at the NJAHS in San Francisco Japantown.
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Placer BC Golf Tourney
PENRYN — Placer Buddhist Church will hold its fifth annual golf tournament on Saturday, May 3, at Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Lincoln.
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KEN IZUMI
Ken Izumi, 76, died on March 22, 2008 at Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City.
He is survived by his children, Daniel Izumi, Ronald Izumi, Valerie Izumi and Laura Chan; six grandchildren; sisters, Mitsue Sano and Hideko Hamada; a brother, Hideki Izumi.
A viewing will be held on Friday, April 4, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Schneider & Sullivan Funeral Home, 977 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m. at Sturge Presbyterian Church, 25 S. Humboldt St., San Mateo.
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