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11/21/2025

2025 Washin Kai Fall Lecture on TV series “Shogun”
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https://napost.com/2025/event-11202025/

11/08/2025

Come Celebrate the Season at the Small Business Holiday Marketplace!

The 2025 holiday season is here!
Join us for the Small Business Holiday Marketplace, hosted by the Japan-America Society Small Business Program.
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https://napost.com/2025/event-11082025/

11/04/2025

Book Reviews〜October 2025

Delicious Japanese street eats & Japanese Woodworking Tools
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60 Easy Recipes for Japanese Street Food! Delicious Japanese street eats whisks you away on a vibrant culinary adventure through the bustling alleys and hidden corners of Japan, where the most irresistible street food is found. Hailed by the foreword as "a beautiful curation of recipes, illustration...

11/03/2025

Asian American Lung Cancer: Rising, Deadly, and Ignored

During Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we often focus on what we can celebrate—our culture, our contributions, our resilience.
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By Jolene Jang NAP Contributor During Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we often focus on what we can celebrate—our culture, our contributions, our resilience. However, there is an urgent issue we need to confront: lung cancer. It is the #1 cause of dea...

11/02/2025

From Shikoku to Seattle The Tsuyoshi and Yayoi Inouye Family History

Tsuyoshi Inouye was born and raised in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, in a rural area called Oiye where his family had a mikan (Japanese orange) farm.
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https://napost.com/2025/familyhistory-inoue-1/

11/01/2025

Seattle-Tacoma Fukushima Kenjinkai Club

Dr. Peter Kusakabe’s parents were from Fukushima, Japan and he is a longtime member of the Seattle-Tacoma Fukushima Kenjinkai Club.
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https://napost.com/2025/kenjinkai-10242025/

10/31/2025

Protect Every Park

Erin Shigaki, representing Tsuru for Solidarity, was one of the speakers during the Protect Every Park gathering at the Seattle Waterfront Park in August.
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https://napost.com/2025/photo-10242025/

10/31/2025

Brandon Lee and the New Wave of American Isekai Anime

In recent years, anime based on online “reincarnation” novels has become a popular trend in Japan. Among them, one title stands out, “The Beginning After the End” (TBATE).
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https://napost.com/2025/interview-10242025/

10/30/2025

Emerging Radiance Artists’ Talk
You might recall NAP’s April 11, 2025 issue on page 7 about the Day of Remembrance activities.

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https://napost.com/2025/emergingradiance-10242025/

10/28/2025

UW Professor Emeritus Sumida Honored with Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation

Dr. Stephen Hiro Sumida, Professor Emeritus in the Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington (UW), has been awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendation by the Japanese government.

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https://napost.com/2025/uw-10242025/

10/27/2025

Grammy Award-Winning Musician Yukiko Matsuyama in Seattle

On November 3rd, Seattle will have the opportunity to see Grammy Award-winning koto jazz musician Yukiko Matsuyama at the Royal Room.

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https://napost.com/2025/music-10242025/

10/26/2025

Ruby Luke Passes Away at 91

Ruby Luke, sister of the late political and cultural pioneer Wing Luke of Seattle, Washington, passed away on September 8 at the age of 91.
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https://napost.com/2025/people-10242025/