May 2016 – Pacific Citizen

AARP Columnists

By Ron Mori When AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins turned 50, she got a bunch of birthday cards with the…

P.C. EditorMay 30, 2016

National News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced $2.8 million in Japanese American Confinement Sites grants to…

P.C. EditorMay 26, 2016

Columnists Youth

By Matthew Ormseth President Barack Obama’s announcement that he would visit Hiroshima at the tail end of a two-day summit…

P.C. EditorMay 25, 2016

Asakawa Columnists

By Gil Asakawa For a year and a half when I was a kid, my family lived in Iwakuni, a…

P.C. EditorMay 22, 2016

JACL Politics

High school senior honorees at the Japanese American Community Graduation Banquet. Photo: Chip Larouche PORTLAND, ORE. — The 69th Annual…

P.C. EditorMay 21, 2016

JACL Politics

LOS ANGELES — The JACL Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce those individuals who have submitted candidate applications…

P.C. EditorMay 20, 2016

Community News

Pictured (from left) are Nob Fukuda, Somao Ochi, President Emily Murase and Superintendent Richard Carranza SAN FRANCISCO — The San…

P.C. EditorMay 17, 2016

National News

The Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee is pleased to once again offer a Senior Scholarship. SEATTLE, WASH. — The Minidoka Pilgrimage…

P.C. EditorMay 17, 2016

Community News

Visitors to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., this spring or summer can now take a tour of the Fort Snelling Upper Post,…

P.C. EditorMay 16, 2016

Columnists Youth

By Matthew Ormseth Was it the biggest story of 2015 that failed to secure a front-page headline? Nestled in the…

P.C. EditorMay 15, 2016