Print Issue: 2022

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Features

‘Tabemasho!’: Familiar as Mom’s Home Cooking

By George Toshio Johnston

January 18, 2023

Asakawa has been traveling the country on a book tour, happy to talk about his love of all things Japanese,…
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Features

Former TV newsman Fred Katayama Signs Off From Journalism

By George Toshio Johnston

December 16, 2022

USJC Executive VP Fred Katayama addresses the audience at the 2022 conference in Tokyo. (Photo: Courtesy of Fred Katayama) By…
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National

JACL Celebrates the Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and Advocates for the Advancement of the Equality Act

By JACL National

December 16, 2022

By JACL National WASHINGTON — JACL joins the majority of Americans in applauding the passage of HR 8404, the Respect…
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Community

The Overlapping Stories of Reparatory Justice

By P.C. Staff

December 16, 2022

Panel talks up reparations for African Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. By P.C. Staff Workshop Session 3’s title said it…
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Commentary & Opinions

Fellows Corner: Get Out the Vote (GOTV) — Reflections From a First-Time Canvasser & Signing On in Remembrance of History and My Family

By Bridget Keaveney

December 16, 2022

By Bridget Keaveney, JACL Norman Y. Mineta Policy Fellow On Nov. 6, Michael Tanaka and I made our way to…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: Together Again, and It’s Time to Take Some Risks

By David Inoue

December 16, 2022

After nearly two years largely in isolation or with modified meeting arrangements for many of us due to Covid, this…
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Features

This Holiday Season, Stories of Connection Truly Show Us What Life Is Really About

By Lynda Lin Grigsby

December 16, 2022

By Lynda Lin Grigsby, Contributor I balked when Pacific Citizen Executive Editor Allison Haramoto invited me to write for this…
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AARP

Reimagine Everything: Best Wishes for the New Year From AARP

By Scott Tanaka

December 16, 2022

As I reflect on this past year, all I can say is that it’s been a year. I am grateful,…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: Together Again — Comforting the Terminally ill

By Judd Matsunaga

December 16, 2022

“Together Again” is a song written by Janet Jackson, singer, songwriter, actress and dancer, to a friend who had recently…
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Military & Veterans

Medal of Honor Recipient Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura Dies at 97

By P.C. Staff

December 12, 2022

P.C. Staff and wire report Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, born and raised in Gallup, N.M., and better known…
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Arts & Entertainment

New ‘Bridge to the Sun’ Recounts the Epic MIS Story

By George Toshio Johnston

November 18, 2022

Kazuo Komoto greets First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt while convalescing at a hospital in Fiji in August 1943. He was shot…
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Features

Patsy Mink and the Revolutionary Role of Motherhood

By Lynda Lin Grigsby

November 18, 2022

With 2022 marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that prohibits gender-based discrimination, the Pacific Citizen looks…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: The Importance of Being Seen: Part II

By Marsha Aizumi

November 18, 2022

After writing my article last month on the importance of being seen (See Pacific Citizen, Oct. 21, 2022.), three separate…
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Community

A Bright JACL Future

By Emily Murase

November 18, 2022

By Emily Murase, Contributor If the first meeting of the JACL National Youth/Student Council’s new board is any indication, the…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective — Handling Holidays and Difficult Times

By Judd Matsunaga

November 18, 2022

Losing someone close to you can be draining physically as well as emotionally and perhaps the most painful transition you’ll…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: ‘Don’t Shoot the Messenger’ Won’t Cut It Anymore for Social Media

By David Inoue

November 18, 2022

As we went into the 2022 midterm elections, one of the greatest concerns was the potential for disruption of the…
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