The December 2007 youth issue: what it means to be a young JA
Young Japanese Americans wrote most of this 120-page issue, and the question running through it was identity. Peter Shigeki Frandsen…
Print Issue: 2007
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Remembering Bill Hosokawa, and the Watada court-martial ruling
The death of journalist Bill Hosokawa at 92 ran through this issue. Gil Asakawa’s obituary traced his more than 50…
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Watada, nooses and the fight for Asian American studies
The case of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada ran through this issue. Caroline Aoyagi-Stom looked at how his refusal to deploy…
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Saving Little Tokyo, and a feedlot rejected near Minidoka
The fight over Little Tokyo’s future led this issue. Lynda Lin reported on young people using Facebook, MySpace and Yelp…
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Santa Anita’s Japanese American history, and a JACL debate over Watada
Santa Anita racetrack led the October 5, 2007 issue. Lynda Lin wrote about the Okimoto family’s months at the Santa…
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Little Rock in 1957, the JACL Salute to Champions and a Honduras project
Fifty years after the Little Rock Central High School crisis, Kaz Oishi, Tosh Oishi, Frank Nakamura and Richard Yada looked…
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Product recalls, Little Tokyo sales and a Holocaust survivor’s story
Product recalls dominated the 16 pages of this issue. Lynda Lin wrote about how the wave of Chinese-made goods being…
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V-J Day parades, a judo athlete’s vision loss, and yellowface in film
V-J Day was the subject that ran through this issue. Lynda Lin looked at the annual parades that cities such…
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Lt. Ehren Watada’s second court-martial and the comfort women resolution
A second court-martial for 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, set for Oct. 9 after his first trial ended in a mistrial,…
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Maria Watanabe’s HMO fight, a death that spurred hate crimes push, Watada
A health care battle and a push on hate crimes shared the front page. Lynda Lin told the story of…
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Immigration reform, Vincent Chin and the Minidoka feedlot fight
Immigration and memory ran through this 12-page issue. After the Senate failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform on June 28,…
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A family split by immigration rules, and the Tanforan anniversary
Immigration was the thread through this 12-page issue. Caroline Aoyagi-Stom reported on Keith Campbell and his wife Akiko, who was…
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Immigration plan, Tateishi tribute and the Sierra College camp project
A Senate immigration proposal that would limit family-based immigration ran through this issue. Lynda Lin and the P.C. staff reported…
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Japanese American soldiers in Iraq, and the Spring Campaign
Japanese American servicemembers were the subject of the cover story for Memorial Day. Caroline Aoyagi-Stom wrote about Lt. Col. George…
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After Virginia Tech: Asian American students, Don Imus and Heritage Month
The shootings at Virginia Tech shaped much of this issue. Caroline Aoyagi-Stom and Jean H. Lee wrote about anxiety on…
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Davao’s Little Tokyo, the Furuya legacy and the Korematsu, Yasui and Hirabayashi families
A Little Tokyo in the Philippines led the issue. Lynda Lin wrote about Davaokuo, the Japanese enclave in Davao before…