Print Issue: 2025

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Army Restores 442nd Webpage

By P.C. Staff

March 14, 2025

Move comes after JACL expresses dismay at erasure of ‘heroic legacy.’ By P.C. Staff A day after the Japanese American…
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National

JACL Wary of
Threats to Education Dept.

By P.C. Staff

March 13, 2025

Organization expresses alarm over reduction in force announcement. By P.C. Staff The Japanese American Citizens League issued a statement today…
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JACL

Kanji Sahara Dies; Envisioned Camp Memorial Wall

By P.C. Staff

March 7, 2025

2018 JACLer of the Biennium awardee was active in Southern California Japanese community. By P.C. Staff Dr. Kanji Sahara, a…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: Reality Bites

By David Inoue

March 7, 2025

If you’re not familiar with the movie “Reality Bites,” it was a mostly forgettable movie set in the early to…
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National

Ireichō Book Kicks Off National Tour

February 21, 2025

The monument will be available to stamp as it makes its way across  the nation. WASHINGTON — The Irei Project,…
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National

News Briefs

February 21, 2025

Gabbard, Patel Sworn In After Narrow OKs WASHINGTON — A pair of APIDAs (Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans) picked by…
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Community

Manzanar Committee Announces 56th Annual Pilgrimage

February 21, 2025

The April 26 event will also feature the Ireichō Book of Names interactive memorial monument. LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar…
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Features

More Than a Caregiving Company

By Gil Asakawa

February 21, 2025

Pictured at a JANM VIP reception (from left) are Carelife’s Richard Miyazato, actor George Takei, Sue Miyazato, Hiroshi Nakamoto and…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease An Attorney’s Perspective: Get a Good Night’s Rest

By Judd Matsunaga

February 21, 2025

How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you refreshed and ready to go, or groggy…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: The Law Doesn’t Always State the Obvious

By David Inoue

February 21, 2025

This past month, many of us across the country and even around the world observed a Day of Remembrance to…
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JACL

JACL Cites ‘Heightened Importance’ of 2025 Day of Remembrance in Statement

By JACL National, P.C. Staff

February 19, 2025

By P.C. Staff The Japanese American Citizens League today — the Day of Remembrance — issued a statement connecting the…
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Community

Karl Nobuyuki Dies

By George Toshio Johnston

February 7, 2025

Sansei held national executive director title from 1977-80. By George Toshio Johnston, Senior Editor Karl Katsu Nobuyuki, a Sansei who…
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AARP

Tech Dialogues: What About Digital Wallets?

By Ryan Kawamoto

February 7, 2025

Whenever you pull out your wallet to make purchases, you might notice that traditional wallets are gradually being replaced by…
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Obituaries

Photographer Mario Reyes
Dead at 69

By Mikey Hirano Culross

February 7, 2025

Recently retired Rafu Shimpo staffer spent decades documenting Los Angeles’ Japanese American community. (Editor’s note: A longer version of the…
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Features

The Fight to Preserve a Precious Legacy

By Gil Asakawa

February 7, 2025

Students from  Terminal Island  Elementary school, circa 1929. Chizuru Nakaji Boyea is pictured in the second row, fifth from the…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Exec Director’s ‘Us,’ ‘Them’ Rhetoric Is Divisive

By Doug Urata

February 7, 2025

As one of the Japanese American conservatives included in the Pacific Citizen article “The Being Red While JA Blues” (see…
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