Print Issue: 2024

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AARP

Reimagine Everything: Recognizing Grandparents’ Day

By JR Fujita

September 6, 2024

National Grandparents’ Day is celebrated the first Sunday after Labor Day and is a time when we can honor and…
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Community

Nisei Week Foundation Fetes 7 Women

By P.C. Staff

September 6, 2024

Men out to lunch as new Nisei Queen, Court assist in recognizing Pioneer Spirit honorees. By P.C. Staff Four days…
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Obituaries

Greater Pasadena’s Harry Kawahara Dies

By P.C. Staff

September 5, 2024

By P.C. Staff Educator, activist and counselor Harry Kawahara, who co-founded and served as the first president of the Greater…
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Community

News Briefs

September 5, 2024

USA Gets Silver to Japan’s Gold Medal in Wheelchair Rugby at Paralympics American Chuck Aoki (see Pacific Citizen, July 2-22,…
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Community

VC JACL to Host Cemetery Rededication Ceremony

By Ventura County JACL

September 5, 2024

By VC JACL Chapter A rededication ceremony with Christian and Buddhist officiants will be held at the Historic Japanese Cemetery…
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Arts & Entertainment

‘But, Where  Are You  REALLY From?’

By Gil Asakawa

September 5, 2024

Cover art from the graphic novel “But Where Are You REALLY From?,” which was produced by the D.C. Chapter of…
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Features

Arkansas Traveler: From Jerome and Rohwer to the Tule Lake Pilgrimage

By Rob Buscher

September 5, 2024

The Tule Lake Segregation Center memorial (Photo: Rob Buscher) Part 2 of this two-part series explores the importance continuing to build…
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Community

Experimental Music Meditations

By Rob Buscher

September 5, 2024

Sound artist Jason Finkelman performs in miniresidency at Shofuso in Philadelphia. By Rob Buscher, P.C. Contributor During the first week…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: ‘When I Needed You’

By David Inoue

September 5, 2024

Growing up in the 1980s, as any JACL staff who has had the misfortune of riding in the car when…
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Arts & Entertainment

Giddyup, ‘Tokyo Cowboy’ — It’s Worth the Ride

By Alex Luu

August 23, 2024

Indie pic turns tables on ‘Westerner who finds self after visiting the East’ trope. By Alex Luu, P.C. Contributor The…
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AARP

Tech Dialogues: Five Uncommon Smartphone Uses

By Ryan Kawamoto

August 23, 2024

Smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily lives, but it can still be easy to overlook their potential…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: The Feeling is Joy

By Marsha Aizumi

August 23, 2024

Today, I want to talk about joy. For a while, I have not lived in joy because I did not…
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Arts & Entertainment

A Mural for the Ages

By P.C. Staff

August 23, 2024

The S.F. JACL has proposed a historic mural in the heart of Japantown. The San Francisco JACL chapter proposes an…
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Features

Arkansas Traveler: From Jerome and Rohwer to  the Tule Lake Pilgrimage

By Rob Buscher

August 23, 2024

Incarceration survivors pose with the Jerome monument.(Photo: Rob Buscher) Part 1 of this two-part series sparks conversation around the history…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease An Attorney’s Perspective: Importance of a Family Meeting

By Judd Matsunaga

August 23, 2024

Will your family fight over your estate after you are gone? That’s a scary thought. Unfortunately, courts are often filled…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: Faster, Higher, Stronger?

By David Inoue

August 23, 2024

It was interesting watching the Olympics split between the first half while in the United States and the second half…
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