AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Memorial Day Is Special for the Japanese American Community Gil Asakawa We marked Memorial Day weekend with a tradition that’s held every year on the holiday, at Denver’s Fairmount…P.C. EditorJune 2, 2023
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: A ‘Care Package’ That Gives You a Taste of Japan Gil Asakawa If you like to watch YouTube videos about Japan, especially by expats from the U.S., England, Australia and…P.C. EditorMay 5, 2023
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: The Significance of Sakura Season Gil Asakawa When I was a kid in Japan, I don’t remember going to Hanami, or “Flower Viewing” during sakura…P.C. EditorApril 7, 2023
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Will Add Momentum To AAPI Representation Gil Asakawa We are in a moment. An important moment for Asian American Pacific Islander and Desi representation in American…P.C. EditorFebruary 10, 2023
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Learning About Asian Americans Through Pop Culture Gil Asakawa Pop culture can be a mirror that reflects the issues and values of its time — for good…P.C. EditorSeptember 22, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Acknowledging My Inspirations Gil Asakawa When my family moved from Japan to the Washington, D.C., area in 1966 when I was 8 years…P.C. EditorAugust 12, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: I’m So Disappointed to See Stereotyped Snack Packaging in My Supermarket Gil Asakawa Racial stereotypes used to be part of the American consumer landscape — everywhere you turned, there was a…P.C. EditorJune 3, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Amache’s 2022 Pilgrimage Will Be Very, Very Special Gil Asakawa Every year on the Saturday before Memorial Day Weekend, people converge in southeast Colorado to visit Amache, the…P.C. EditorApril 2, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: A Late Colorado Photographer’s Visions of Kyoto Gil Asakawa Like most countries including the U.S., Japan is struggling with the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.…P.C. EditorFebruary 4, 2022
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Chinese Food Was Popular in America Before Japanese Cuisine Gil Asakawa In her excellent book “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food,” former New York…P.C. EditorSeptember 10, 2021