Print Issue: 2022

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Arts & Entertainment

Choreographer Yuriko Kikuchi Dies

By P.C. Staff

April 15, 2022

Dancer-choreographer Yuriko Kikuchi died March 8 in New York. She was 102. Kikuchi, née Amemiya, born in 1920 in San…
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Community

JANM Receives $50,000 Grant to Support New Exhibition

By P.C. Staff

April 15, 2022

The grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation will help tell the full American story. LOS ANGELES — The…
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Arts & Entertainment

‘Farewell to Manzanar’ Telefilm Director John Korty Dies

By P.C. Staff

April 15, 2022

Oscar, Emmy winner also co-wrote the screenplay with the book’s authors. By P.C. Staff John Korty, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning…
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Features

USC Confers Honorary Degrees to Deceased Nisei Trojans

By George Toshio Johnston

April 15, 2022

University of Southern California President Dr. Carol L. Folt, left, presents Carolyn Sugiyama Classen an honorary posthumous diploma for her…
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Community

Quarterly MDC Meeting Leaves Participants Inspired and Hopeful

By Bridget Keaveney

April 15, 2022

Meeting in person for the first time in more than two years, participants at the Wisconsin event engaged in a…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: A Kind Heart

By Marsha Aizumi

April 15, 2022

Last month on March 25, my husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. In some ways, I can’t believe…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective: Empathy — Not Explanations

By Judd Matsunaga

April 15, 2022

It’s a transition no one looks forward to and most haven’t prepared for: the time when you might have to…
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Community

JCCSC Holds Awards Luncheon and Installs New Officers

By P.C. Staff

April 15, 2022

ALHAMBRA, Calif. — The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California held its 2022 installation of officers and awards luncheon…
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Commentary & Opinions

Letter to the Editor

By Masako Takahashi

April 15, 2022

Dear Editor, To quote Jesse Jackson, “We must turn to each other and not on each other.” I am referring…
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JACL

JACL Applauds Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

By JACL National

April 15, 2022

By JACL National The Senate voted 53-47 on April 7 to confirm the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making…
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AARP

Reimagine Everything: Celebrating National Volunteer Month

By Scott Tanaka

April 15, 2022

In celebration of National Volunteer Month, I want to honor my grandfather, Stanley Ikuo Kuroda. After working as an engineer…
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Community

Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant Recipients Announced

By P.C. Staff

April 2, 2022

Cal Poly Pomona’s Terumi Tanisha Garcia and UCLA’s Charlene Tonai Din each receive $500 and will help plan and produce…
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Asakawa

Nikkei Voice: Amache’s 2022 Pilgrimage Will Be Very, Very Special

By Gil Asakawa

April 2, 2022

Every year on the Saturday before Memorial Day Weekend, people converge in southeast Colorado to visit Amache, the camp where…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: Justice May Be Blind, But It Also Must Be Multifaceted

By David Inoue

April 2, 2022

I had fallen asleep on the evening of March 27 to be woken up by our senior dog around midnight.…
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JACL

JACL Condemns Passage of Anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws

By JACL National

April 2, 2022

By JACL National Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law for his state on…
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Community

Historic Wintersburg Fire Investigation Update

By P.C. Staff

April 1, 2022

The City of Huntington Beach releases its preliminary findings into the Feb. 25 fire that destroyed two structures at the…
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