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2 unusual facts about Nikkei


Sawtelle, Los Angeles

On Sawtelle Boulevard, at the southern edge of the Sawtelle area, is the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle, a cultural center for the Nikkei community of West Los Angeles.

UCLA Kyodo Taiko

Influenced by San Jose Taiko, Mark Honda founded Kyodo Taiko in 1990 under the Nikkei Student Union at UCLA.


Dee, Oregon

The area was one of the primary communities in the Hood River Valley farmed by NikkeiJapanese migrants and their descendants.

Deportivo AELU

The Asociación Estadio La Unión was founded 1982 by the nikkei community of Peru.

Gust Co. Ltd.

On 7 December 2011 the financial news source Nikkei reported that Tecmo Koei had bought all shares of the company from the stakeholders for 2.2 billion yen with the intention to make social games of Gust's Atelier console role-playing game franchise.

Japantown, San Jose, California

Major festivals are Obon (every July), Nikkei Matsuri (every spring) and Aki Matsuri (every fall) and a newer festival, The Spirit of Japantown Festival (also in the fall).

Jon Woronoff

As of 1970, he was also a free-lance journalist for various newspapers and magazines including Asian Business, Oriental Economist, Nikkei, Toyo Keizai, South China Morning Post, Financial Times Syndication, Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, etc.

Kakegawa, Shizuoka

However, Kakegawa has a noticeable Nikkei (particularly, South American) population and it is more common to find signs written in Portuguese than in English.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Nikkei also owns TV Tokyo and Nikkei CNBC, which provides coverage of the Japanese market during trading hours and rebroadcasts CNBC during off-hours and weekends.

Ninja Hattori-kun

In January 2012, Nikkei announced on its website that a remake of the anime series under production by Shin-Ei Animation and Indian production company Reliance MediaWorks.

Nisei Baseball Research Project

The project began on May 4, 1996 at the Fresno Museum as the first exhibit to display the photos, memorabilia, artifacts, and text history of the Nikkei in baseball.

Radio Nikkei

Although Radio Nikkei is a member of Nikkei Media Group, its programming does not have a strong connection with the group's television networks, TXN and Nikkei CNBC.

ShareScope

ShareScope Pro has live tick-by-tick intraday data for the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, FOREX, selected commodities such as Gold and Light Sweet Crude and major indices such as the FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, DJI/DOW 30, S&P 500, Hang Seng and the Nikkei.

ShareScope Plus includes delayed intraday data for the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, selected commodities such as Gold and Light Sweet Crude and major indices such as the FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, DJI/DOW 30, S&P 500, Hang Seng and the Nikkei.

Sugar City, Idaho

In early years the factory had a labor shortage, leading to a local community of NikkeiJapanese migrants and their descendants.


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