Talk:Uwajimaya

Kinokuniya Bookstore
The first mention of Kinokuniya comes from the main paragraph about the new Uwajimaya location, thus implying that the Kinokuniya was new to the new location. I know that Kinokuniya had most, if not all, of the upper floor of the old location, but I have not been able to find any information verifying that this was the case, or even when the Kinokuniya in the old location opened. I strongly suspect it was in the '78 expansion, but this is just a guess on my part so is not worth adding to the actual article. If anyone could find a reliable source for when the Kinokuniya Bookstore opened in the Seattle Uwajimaya it would be great to get that information added —Asatruer 02:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and updated the article with information about Kinokuniya Bookstore. I also corrected some innaccuracies in some of the dates given in the article. The Beaverton Uwajimaya location was opened in 1998, erroneously quoted as 2000 in the Portland Tribune article cited. The new Uwajimaya Village complex opened in 2000.
 * TMo 20:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Great, I should have double checked the Beaverton date, which I see how is easily verified from the Uwajimaya web site. It would be good to get a citation for the Kinokuniya date if possible, as well as a bit more info on the now closed Southcenter store.—Asatruer 22:14, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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Notability of business people in Uwajimaya
There are a number of drafts concerning family members who ran this grocery store chain in Seattle. How many of these are notable?


 * Draft:Akira Moriguchi - 3rd son, COO to 2008 - article declined
 * Draft:Fujimatsu Moriguchi - founder, 1928-1962 - article accepted
 * Draft:Sadako Moriguchi - wife of Fujimatsu, co-founder but no official title -- article accepted
 * Draft:Tomoko Moriguchi-Matsuno - youngest daughter, CEO from 2007-2017
 * Draft:Denise Moriguchi - CEO from 2017, Tomio's daughter -- article accepted (quite widespread media coverage, admittedly often interviews, but a reasonable amount of independent coverage too, so meets WP:GNG)
 * Draft:Tomio Moriguchi - Son of Fujimatsu, He was the CEO from 1965-2007 - article accepted
 * Draft:Kenzo Moriguchi - 1st son of Fujimatsu. VP and managing director 1962??-2008

AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:04, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I've just reviewed the first one - Akira - who I concluded doesn't meet our WP:NBIO criteria based on the references currently provided. I think we should take each of the other drafts on their individual merits. Some of these individuals may be notable, but others not. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 17:51, 28 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Added more annotations and status. AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 21:32, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Combine into one family article perhaps or into the business article if not too large, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 20:09, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree that the Akira material could be merged into the article for the business. Alarichall (talk) 16:43, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Hi there, AngusWOOF! I've just done a bit of work on Draft:Kenzo Moriguchi. It seems clear that he got an obituary in the Seattle Times, and I've been able to add this short obituary: 'Kenzo “Gunner” Moriguchi passes', Northwest Asian Weekly, 38.6 (2 February 2019), 2. He also features quite a lot in an interesting oral history record: Becky Fukuda and Tomio Moriguchi, 'Tomio Moriguchi Interview I', Densho Digital Repository, Densho ID: denshovh-mtomio-01 (20 October 1999). (Not often you see that kind of source -- I thought it was quite cool.) To me, these are just enough to tip Kenzo Moriguchi into meeting WP:GNG. I could make the article live, but thought I'd get views here first. Any opinions? Alarichall (talk) 16:08, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Re Sadako Moriguchi: I've found three independent obituaries for her, in both Canadian and US papers, and she's mentioned in a range of books cited by the article too. I think this gets her fairly straightforwardly across the line for WP:GNG, so I'll accept that article. Alarichall (talk) 20:12, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Historical revisionism rearing its ugly head again
The lead of this article states "From 1968 to 1991 there was another store in the Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila, Washington." The mall article states "In early 2002, the mall was purchased by the Westfield Group. At that time it was renamed "Westfield Shoppingtown Southcenter". In other words, Westfield had nothing to do with the mall at the time the store was there.  Why do I have to keep seeing stuff like this over and over again?  Through buying properties like that, big corporations are effectively buying exposure on Wikipedia that they're not entitled to receive.  Don't you think that's more important than fretting over those biographies? RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  03:43, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:SOFIXIT. It was probably an honest mistake by someone who didn't know the history. Since modern malls have been under corporate ownership since their inception in the 1950s, it's reasonable to assume that Southcenter was also under branded ownership.  Sounder Bruce  05:27, 29 January 2019 (UTC)