News Briefs: CAPAC Survey: Most Japanese Americans View President ‘Unfavorably’
In an Oct. 27 statement, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus said 69 percent of surveyed Japanese American voters viewed…
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Go for Broke National Education Center Holds 25th Evening of Aloha
After 37 years of existence as an organization, the Go for Broke National Education Center used its 25th Evening of…
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Japanese American Vietnam War Vets Represent a Legacy in Motion
Japanese American military veterans once again stepped onto the streets of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles — not simply as…
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During WWII, Fort Snelling’s MIS Language School Turned Nisei Into America’s Secret Weapon
Military Intelligence Service graduates served in the Pacific and occupied Japan, and about a third of the soldiers were recruited…
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Last Step of Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial’s Journey Is Completed
Twelve survivors cut the ribbon Oct. 11 on the $6.5 million center, which tells how Japanese American incarceration began with…
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Orange County Black Chamber Honors Ken Inouye
Alison Edwards, left, CEO of Groundswell (formerly the Orange County Human Relations Council), presents Kenneth Inouye with the 2026 Distinguished…
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San Jose JACL Awards Eight Scholarships
By Sharon Uyeda, San Jose JACL President San Jose JACL awarded eight scholarships to local high school seniors at a…
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Sansei Discuss Generational Trauma and the Camps
Far left, Wendy Tokuda moderates a discussion on intergenerational trauma in the Japanese American community on Sept. 27 at the…
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Little Tokyo Nutritional Services Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Pictured (from left) are Darlene Kuba, Rep. Judy Chu, Setsuko Nakama, Beverly Ito and Don Tahara. (Photos: Alex Luu) The…
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Holds Montana Teacher Workshop
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and the Historical Museum of Fort Missoula partnered on a Montana teacher workshop and a University…
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JACL Seeks Public Policy and Government Affairs Director
JACL is currently looking to hire a public policy and government affairs director to join its team in Washington, D.C.…
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News Briefs
Toyota Mulls Exporting Century NameplateWhen Toyota Motor Corp. originally exported its cars to the U.S. in the 1960s, its economy…
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George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Applications Now Open
UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center’s 2026-27 Aratani CARE Award applications are now being accepted through Dec. 4. Awards will be…
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APIAHiP Spotlight Focus: Colorado
APIAHiP Executive Director Huy Pham offers opening remarks. (Photos: Gil Asakawa) The biennial forum pays tribute to the state’s deep…
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Bipartisan Bill Proposed to Honor ‘Songbird of Manzanar’
The legislation seeks to name an USPS facility after Mary Kageyama Nomura. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) introduced…
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Heart Mountain Receives Two Key National Park Service Grants
Hitoshi “Moe” Yonemura (right) is one of the 15 soldiers from Heart Mountain who will be honored in the upcoming…
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How JACL Passed the Resolution in Support of Immigrant Communities Targeted by ICE
(Editor’s note: The following is a personal essay about the behind-the-scenes actions that went into the passage of R-1, Resolution…