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NY/SC Hosts Spring Retreat

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JACL youth meet to increase engagement and cultivate leadership and mentorship opportunities.  By NY/SC This year, the NY/SC was excited…

Gardena Valley JCI Is
Site of Concert With Effron, Atreo

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GLA JACL, Intercollegiate Nikkei Council Co-Sponsor May 30 Concert The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of JACL is co-sponsoring a live…

Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant Award Winners Announced

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The 2026 recipients are Dan Bui Kubota and Dianne Chevez Hernandez. The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee and the…

W-SC JACL
Participates in No Kings Rally

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Members of the Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL chapter attended the “No Kings Rally” on Feb. 28 at the Watsonville City Plaza.…

JAMP Makes Transition Into New Chapter

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The nonprofit will now function as an all-volunteer organization. SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. — Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages, a nonprofit dedicated…

Arts & Entertainment News

Gardena Valley JCI Is
Site of Concert With Effron, Atreo

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GLA JACL, Intercollegiate Nikkei Council Co-Sponsor May 30 Concert The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of JACL is co-sponsoring a live…

Podcasts Recount WWII JA Incarceration

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MN NOW’s six-part podcast “Burn Order” explores the parallels between today and last century’s mass incarceration of ethnic Japanese, including…

‘American Pastime’ Film screening connects baseball, history and resilience in St. Louis.

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Kerry Yo Nakagawa during the “American Pastime” Q & A session following the film’s screening on March 29 photos: Courtesy…

‘Ponyo’ Swims to Academy Museum

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Los Angeles exhibition of 2008 Studio Ghibli anime to continue through January 2027. Ponyo runs atop ocean waves (Photos: George…

National News

Action Urged After Louisiana v. Callais

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Following SCOTUS decision, JACL says verify voting status, demands passage of Lewis voting act. By P.C. Staff In the aftermath…

JACL Opposes
DoJ’s Indictment of SPLC

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Justice Dept. accuses Southern Poverty Law Center with crimes related to its defunct informant program. By P.C. Staff In a…

News Briefs

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TAAF’s STAATUS Report Explores What It Means to Be ‘Truly American’ Timed for release at the beginning of Asian American,…

Matsuzawa Signs as
Undrafted Free Agent
With Las Vegas Raiders

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Kansei Matsuzawa (Photo: Facebook) By University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics PITTSBURGH — Record-breaking Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa, affectionately known…

Japan House Hosts Glen Fukushima

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Glen Fukushima speaks at Japan House in a lecture entitled “U.S.-Japan Relations in a Shifting Global Landscape.” (Photo: George Toshio…

Hawaii’s George Ariyoshi Dies at 100

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America’s First Asian American Governor Served 3 Terms HONOLULU (AP) — Former Hawaii Gov. George R. Ariyoshi — the nation’s…