Lives Remembered for Achievements, Lasting Legacies By P.C. Staff 2020 was a year that saw several barrier-breaking Nikkei women die…
P.C. EditorJanuary 15, 2021
Vincent Okamoto, far left, died at age 76. The photo above was taken at his home in 2017. From left…
P.C. EditorSeptember 27, 2020
Chizu Iiyama, a lifelong civil rights and Japanese American community activist, has died. She was 98. Iiyama In an email…
P.C. EditorSeptember 3, 2020
Lane Hirabayashi was the inaugural Aratani Chair on Redress By P.C. Staff Following a battle with cancer, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi…
P.C. EditorAugust 28, 2020
Don Seki appears on the dust jacket for ”The Go for Broke Spirit: Portraits of Courage," the coffee-table book by…
P.C. EditorJuly 31, 2020
Lillian Kimura, 91, also served the YWCA at the national level. By P.C. Staff Lillian Chiyeko Kimura, who served as…
P.C. EditorApril 27, 2020
Kawagoe also left a legacy with the City of Carson in California. By P.C. Staff Helen S. Kawagoe, whose years…
P.C. EditorApril 24, 2020
She was the founding leader of the Japanese American National Museum and the U.S.-Japan Council. By P.C. Staff Irene Hirano…
P.C. EditorApril 24, 2020
Misaka (Dec. 21, 1923-Nov. 20, 2019) Misaka, 95, the Utah-born Nisei and the first nonwhite and first Asian American professional…
P.C. EditorDecember 23, 2019
