Print Issue: 2024

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Arts & Entertainment

Letters to the Editor

By Susan Tsukayama

March 8, 2024

Dear Editor, I recently read the article about “Shōgun” in the Pacific Citizen (Feb. 23-March 7, 2024) and really enjoyed…
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Obituaries

Community Gathers to
Celebrate Alan Takeshi Nishio

By P.C. Staff

February 23, 2024

Terasaki Budokan hosts hundreds to bid farewell to respected, beloved figure. By P.C. Staff More than three decades ago, Alan…
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Community

Dan Mayeda Steps Onto His Next Stage

By P.C. Staff

February 23, 2024

The attorney and advocate for AAPI representation, EW Players booster retires. By P.C. Staff It has been more than four…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: Super Bowl LVIII

By Marsha Aizumi

February 23, 2024

Often, I get inspiration to write about things from the most random thoughts or experiences. This month, I got my…
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AARP

Reimagine Everything: Introducing New AARP Columnist Ryan Kawamoto

By Scott Tanaka

February 23, 2024

I am grateful to continue writing for the Pacific Citizen’s AARP column alongside my colleagues. I believe it’s important to…
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Obituaries

TikTok Star Lynn Yamada Davis, 67, Dies

By P.C. Staff

February 23, 2024

By P.C. Staff and Press Reports The world of TikTok, the social video app popular with teens and young people…
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Community

Japan’s Inagi City Bestows JACLer Steve Okamoto With Service Award

By P.C. Staff

February 23, 2024

FOSTER CITY, Calif. — At a virtual award ceremony held Jan. 4 at the Foster City Council Chambers, former Council…
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Arts & Entertainment

New ‘Shōgun’ Arrives for the Streaming Era

By George Toshio Johnston

February 23, 2024

The 21st century version of “Shōgun” arrives Feb. 27 on cable service FX and streaming service Hulu. The reimagined…
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Community

Patti Hirahara Named to OC Register’s 125 Most Influential Persons in Orange county for 2023

By Nori Uyematsu

February 23, 2024

By Nori Uyematsu Patti Hirahara has been a preservationist of Japanese American history as well as a communications facilitator between…
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JACL

Challenges Ahead

By P.C. Staff

February 23, 2024

Pressing issues, including a substantial financial shortfall in 2023 and the Israel-Palestine conflict, have the JACL off to a tremendously…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease/An Attorney’s Perspective: How to Declutter

By Judd Matsunaga

February 23, 2024

When you’ve lived in the same home for decades, things tend to accumulate. Eventually, you can find yourself surrounded by…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: I Watched Shane Gillis on ‘SNL’ So You Don’t Have to

By David Inoue

February 23, 2024

It has been five years since “Saturday Night Live” made headlines for the addition of Bowen Yang as the first…
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Arts & Entertainment

‘Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe’: JA Incarceration From a Different Perspective

By Gil Asakawa

February 9, 2024

A new Eric Muller book examines the perspective of WRA attorneys who ran the camps. By Gil Asakawa, P.C. Contributor…
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Features

Dedications: Inouye, Munemori, Mineta Receive New Honors

By George Toshio Johnston

February 9, 2024

A Glendale, Calif., street sign commemorating the WWII heroism of native son and Medal of Honor winner Sadao S. Munemori…
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Community

The End of an Era and the Beginnings for a New Joint Future SELANOCO

By Patti Hirahara

February 9, 2024

Orange County JACL becomes one as the chapters merge to embrace the challenges of the future as one stronger, cohesive…
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Asakawa

Nikkei View: Great Expectations — Asian Parents Want Their Kids to Be Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers

By Gil Asakawa

February 9, 2024

I just returned from a four-day mid-year retreat for the Poynter Koch Journalism and Media Fellowship at the Poynter Institute…
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