Print Issue: 2015

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Community

Popular Mark Keppel High School Basketball Coach Joe Kikuchi Arrested

By P.C. Staff

October 6, 2015

By P.C. Staff MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. — Joe Kikuchi, 56, of Monterey Park, Calif., was arrested Sept. 24 on multiple…
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Community

Four Keiro Facilities Set to Be Sold for $41 Million to Pacifica Companies

By P.C. Staff

October 6, 2015

By P.C. Staff LOS ANGELES — Four Keiro facilities — Keiro Retirement Home and Keiro Intermediate Care Facility in Boyle…
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Community

Local San Bruno Official Spearheading Effort to Build Tanforan Memorial

October 6, 2015

By P.C. Staff Foster City Councilman Steve Okamoto is spearheading an effort to build a memorial to recognize the trials…
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JACL

JACL Names Merissa Nakamura as Its New Mineta Fellow

By JACL National

October 6, 2015

By National JACL Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — Merissa Nakamura has been selected as the 2015-16 JACL Norman Y. Mineta Fellow.…
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Community

Tad Egawa Named General Counsel of California Department of Housing and Community Development

By P.C. Staff

October 5, 2015

SACRAMENTO — Tad Egawa, 48, of Sacramento was named general counsel at the California Department of Housing and Community Development,…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: Courageous Conversations

By Marsha Aizumi

October 4, 2015

By Marsha Aizumi With the Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage for all states this year, the JACL…
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Incarceration & Redress

NPS Is Accepting Applications for Confinement Sites Grant Program

By P.C. Staff

October 3, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service is now accepting applications for $3 million in grants to preserve and interpret…
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Arts & Entertainment

The Doctor Is In

By Connie K. Ho

October 2, 2015

Behind the scenes of Ken Jeong’s new ABC show ‘Dr. Ken’ By Connie K. Ho, Contributor From zany Spanish teacher…
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Commentary & Opinions

A Yonsei Transplanted: In College, When You Get the Chance, Take It

By Matthew Ormseth

October 2, 2015

By Matthew Ormseth, That monthlong period from mid-August to mid- September is a strange one. It’s the time of year…
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Commentary & Opinions

My Country: ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go’

By Rhianna Taniguchi

October 1, 2015

By Rhianna Taniguchi As soon as I graduated from high school, I shipped off to Basic Training in Ft. Jackson,…
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Arts & Entertainment

‘Peace on Your Wings’ Musical Soars to Little Tokyo’s Aratani Theatre

September 12, 2015

“Peace on Your Wings” premiered in Oahu in November 2014 and went on to enjoy a sold-out run throughout the…
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Commentary & Opinions

A Yonsei Transplanted: New Day, Old Fears

By Matthew Ormseth

September 11, 2015

By Matthew Ormseth The streets of the great European capitals — cities like Berlin and Vienna, Budapest and Prague —…
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Military & Veterans

Decorated JA World War II Veteran Ben Kuroki Dies at Age 98

By P.C. Staff

September 10, 2015

Ben Kuroki, a decorated gunner in the Army Air Forces of World War II died on Sept. 2 in Camarillo,…
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Arts & Entertainment

Vista Buddhist Temple Hosts ‘Stories From Tohoku’

By P.C. Staff

September 10, 2015

Vista Buddhist Temple recently hosted a film screening program with the producer of “Stories From Tohoku,” a documentary film about…
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Commentary & Opinions

My Country: Asian American at Work

By Rhianna Taniguchi

September 10, 2015

By Rhianna Taniguchi Ni hao.” This foreign phrase ruined my day just two months ago. I’d recently moved to Denver…
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Community

Denver Proclaims Sept. 10 as ‘Minoru Yasui Day’

September 9, 2015

An official proclamation pays tribute to the civil rights activist as the Minoru Yasui Tribute committee readies for the 100th…
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