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Venice-Area Community Regroups at VJAMM

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Warren Furutani speaks at the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument on April 20 at the intersection of Lincoln and Venice…

Berkeley JACL Awards Scholarship, Pioneer and Youth Leadership Awards

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Recognized by the Berkeley JACL are (seated, from left) Kaz Mori, Cynthia Lee, Nina Takahashi and Kaitlyn Yasumura and (standing,…

This Haori Draws Inspiration From Traditional Summer Festivals

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By Kacie Yamamoto When AKASHI KAMA founder Alec Nakashima sets out to create something, picturing a scenario around the piece…

Tule Lake Committee Appeals Exclusion of Japanese American Voices in Tulelake Airfield Sale

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The land under dispute is a 359-acre portion of the Tule Lake concentration camp’s barracks area, where 27,000 inmates once…

Manzanar Receives Grant to Rebuild Baseball Field

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Manzanar National Historic Site preserves and tells the stories of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Visitors to the…

Arts & Entertainment News

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards

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(AP) The unlikely awards season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on…

‘Momentous’: Asian Americans Laud Anna Mae Wong’s U.S. Quarter

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(AP) More than 60 years after Anna Mae Wong became the first Asian American woman to receive a star on…

Paul Goodman’s Reel Life Triumph

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This family photo that appears in the background in “No No Girl” was, according to director Paul Goodman, a “proud…

‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’ Returns to PBS

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The much-honored documentary still packs a wallop. By P.C. Staff Within a year of the June 23, 1983, death of…

National News

The Vincent Chin Institute Officially Launches

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Helen Zia (center) announces the launch of the Vincent Chin Institute on April 26 in Washington, D.C. Zia, the VCI’s…

PBS Makes ‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ Available for Free

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The version of “Free Chol Soo Lee” that appeared on PBS’ “Independent Lens” and is currently streaming includes the option…

Memorial Day Service to Be Held at Arlington National Cemetery

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The 75th annual event will also include a gravesite visit and placing of a floral arrangement at nearly 220 identified…

JACL Saddened by School Shooting in Nashville

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JACL is deeply saddened by the shooting on March 27 at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., which took…

Author Seeks Descendants of Issei for Book

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Veteran L.A. Times journalist makes an appeal to the Japanese American community. By P.C. Staff Paul Richter Writer Paul Richter…

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards

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(AP) The unlikely awards season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on…