The 1999 holiday issue: Community ties through sports
Sports in Japanese American communities were the subject of this 120-page holiday issue, under the theme Community Ties Through Sports.…
Category: Issue archive
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Feinstein’s bill on Japanese war crimes records and a 1999 news roundup
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s bill to declassify U.S. government documents on Japanese war crimes during World War II led the news.…
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The 1800th Battalion, a little-known WWII Army unit, and more
The 1800th Engineer General Service Battalion was the main subject of this issue. Paul Tsuneishi and Martha Nakagawa told the…
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The ‘DB Boys’ and other stories of Nikkei soldiers: Veterans Day 1999
Veterans Day shaped the front page of this eight-page issue. P.C. Staff told the story of the ‘DB Boys,’ Nikkei…
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Memory and marker: Santa Fe’s camp plaque and the draft resisters
Remembering the World War II incarceration (often called internment) ran through the front page of this eight-page issue. The Santa…
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JACL scholarship recipients and the draft resisters debate
JACL scholarship recipients and the long-running debate over World War II draft resisters ran through this eight-page issue. On page…
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Japantown’s future and the Denny’s lawsuit, October 1999
Sam Seiki’s wish to bring back San Francisco’s Japantown opened this eight-page issue. He recalled leaving the neighborhood in 1942…
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Adoption stories and the Korematsu and resisters cases
The last part of a four-part series on Asian American families and adoption led the issue. In it, Martha Nakagawa…
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Diversity at the Supreme Court and the Puyallup camp exhibit
A call for more minorities and women among U.S. Supreme Court law clerks led the issue. A coalition of bar…
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Asian American families and adoption, and the Los Alamos spy case
Adoption in Asian American families led this eight-page issue. Tracy Uba wrote the third part of a four-part series that…
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Adopting from China, TV diversity and the JACL debate
Couples waiting to adopt children from China’s Guandong province led the news in this 8-page issue. Tracy Uba’s story followed…
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Tateishi named interim JACL director; Manzanar guard tower debate
John Tateishi was named interim national director of the JACL, the National Board announced on Sept. 8. He will lead…
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A campground to be named for Gordon Hirabayashi
A Forest Service campground near Tucson was set to be named for Gordon Hirabayashi, who served his sentence at a…
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Draft resisters, TV whitewashing and hate crimes in the news
Two stories led this eight-page issue. Martha Nakagawa reported that the Central California District Council of JACL voted 9-3-3 to…
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Wen Ho Lee, Santa Anita barracks and Nisei Week, 1999
The Wen Ho Lee case ran through this eight-page issue. An Associated Press report quoted former counterintelligence officer Robert S.…
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AJR 27, the Santa Fe memorial and the draft resisters debate
Assemblyman Mike Honda’s resolution AJR 27, which asks the Japanese government for an apology and reparations for wartime atrocities, led…
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Redress for Japanese Latin Americans and the JACL reconciliation debate
Payments to Japanese Latin Americans under the redress program were set to begin, according to the lead national story. Funding…
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Guy Gabaldon’s wartime story and a push for the Medal of Honor
Guy Gabaldon was the subject of the front page of this eight-page issue. A Marine who grew up among Nikkei…