AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Traveling to Japan With a Loved One Who Has Dementia By Gil Asakawa Gil Asakawa My mom has suffered from worsening dementia for years, and when my brothers and I…P.C. EditorJune 1, 2018
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: When Family Caregiving Isn’t Enough for Your Parent Gil Asakawa By Gil Asakawa My brother, Glenn, and I moved our mom from her house in Lafayette, Colo., last…P.C. EditorMay 4, 2018
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: It’s More Important Than Ever That We Remember to Never Forget Gil Asakawa By Gil Asakawa Day of Remembrance has grown to be a significant date not just on the Japanese…P.C. EditorMarch 23, 2018
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: If a Baseball Team Can Change, Can’t We Get Rid of Racist Kids’ Costumes? By Gil Asakawa Recently, I was heartened to see the news that the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team is…P.C. EditorFebruary 9, 2018
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Hoping for the Best for Our World in 2018 By Gil Asakawa We live in tumultuous — and, possibly, perilous — times. Our government and society at large is…P.C. EditorDecember 15, 2017
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: A Salute to Our JA Veterans By Gil Asakawa When the word “veterans” comes up in conversations within the Japanese American community, I suspect most of…P.C. EditorNovember 3, 2017
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Japan Through Hollywood’s Lens Over the Decades By Gil Asakawa All the recent controversy over “whitewashing” — Hollywood’s habit of casting white people in Asian roles —…P.C. EditorSeptember 8, 2017
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: NHK Is Your Direct Line to Japanese News By Gil Asakawa The recent 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima went by quietly on American news (in part…P.C. EditorAugust 18, 2017
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei View: ‘The Little Exile’ Is a Great Addition to the JA Reading List By Gil Asakawa The historical story of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II is still not well-known in…P.C. EditorJuly 21, 2017
AsakawaColumnists Nikkei Voice: Why Do People Still Hold Hateful Feelings for Japan From WWII? By Gil Asakawa I wasn’t surprised that anti-Japanese sentiments were expressed when Takuma Sato, a Japanese driver, won the Indianapolis…P.C. EditorJune 2, 2017