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
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
Kashiwagi (Nov. 8, 1922-Oct. 29, 2019) Kashiwagi, 96, of San Francisco, died just days short of his 97th birthday. The…
P.C. EditorDecember 23, 2019
Matsubayashi (March 28, 1970-Sept. 4, 2019) Matsubayashi, 49, a longtime staff member of the Little Tokyo Service Center who rose…
P.C. EditorDecember 23, 2019
Marutani (March 14, 1947-Nov. 27, 2019) Marutani, 72, had a long history with the JACL, culminating with the presentation of…
P.C. EditorDecember 23, 2019