Print Issue: 2025

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Features

Japanese Americans
Still Love Bowling After
Decades of Organized Leagues

By Gil Asakawa

December 19, 2025

Bruce Sunada in action on the lanes. (Photos: Courtesy of Gil Asakawa) By Gil Asakawa, P.C. Contributor Japanese Americans love bowling.…
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Commentary & Opinions

Our Voices Are Our Power

By Nikkei Progressives

December 19, 2025

Nikkei Progressives members reflect on their journey to Alabama to attend the 60th anniversary of the crossing of the Edmund…
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Community

Crystal City Pilgrimage:
Overcoming the Urban-Rural
Divide One Town at a Time

By Rob Buscher

December 19, 2025

By Rob Buscher, P.C. Contributor Almost one year ago during the week of the November 2024 election, I journeyed to rural…
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JACL

David Lin, Wife Jean,
ID’d in Sept. Double-Homicide

By P.C. Staff

November 14, 2025

He was the first non-Nikkei to serve as JACL national president. By P.C. Staff Jean and David Lin, a married…
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Obituaries

Arthur A. Hansen Dies at 87

By P.C. Staff

November 14, 2025

Professor’s career focus was JA incarceration experience. By P.C. Staff Dr. Arthur August Hansen, whose teaching career as a history…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: More Than a Neighborhood

By Siddhi Karthikeya

November 14, 2025

As an American-born child of non-Japanese immigrants, I grew up watching my parents navigate a country that promised opportunity but…
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Features

JOC Is the Go-to Site for Japanese Food . . . and More

By Gil Asakawa

November 14, 2025

Namiko Hirasawa Chen has been sharing and creating “foolproof Japanese home-cooked” recipes for people around the world for the past…
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Community

4th & Central Opponents Hit Obstacle

By P.C. Staff

November 14, 2025

L.A. City Planning Commission unanimous in vote to move forward. By P.C. Staff At an Oct. 9 meeting where key…
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Community

Bridging Incarceration, Hiroshima & Vietnam — A Veterans Day of
Legacy and Service

By Katie Masano Hill

November 14, 2025

By Katie Masano Hill, JACL Norman Y. Mineta Fellow The Japanese American Veterans Assn. and the National Japanese American Memorial…
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Community

Mission Accomplished
in Redondo Beach

By George Toshio Johnston

November 14, 2025

Plaque commemorating Dr. Tsuyoshi Okada is replaced in time for Veterans Day. By George Toshio Johnston, P.C. Senior Editor In…
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Commentary & Opinions

Planned Giving: Why Should You Think About Giving An Inheritance Before You Die?

By Steve Okamoto

November 14, 2025

While it’s uncommon to transfer a gift to beneficiaries before death, you can choose to support your family or JACL…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective: The Health Benefits of Gratitude

By Judd Matsunaga

November 14, 2025

Thanksgiving season can actually lift the spirits and make you healthier. Gratitude is a thankful appreciation for what an individual…
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Community

30th Anniversary ‘Picture Bride’ Screening Set for Dec. 14

By P.C. Staff

November 10, 2025

Greater LA Chapter JACL co-sponsors fundraising tribute to director Kayo Hatta for Pacific Citizen. The Repertory Screenings Forum and Greater…
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Community

News Briefs

October 31, 2025

Trump Meets Japan’s New Prime Minister During Asia Trip, Inks Deals In one of her first major tasks as Japan’s…
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Military & Veterans

The Final, Final Journey of Haruo Inai

By George Toshio Johnston

October 31, 2025

1st Lt. Jake Hearen hands Sonoe Inai a folded American flag to honor her late husband, 100th Battalion veteran Haruo…
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Community

Birthday Party for the Ages

By George Toshio Johnston

October 31, 2025

The community unites to celebrate the centennial of WWII vet Yosh Nakamura. Cake. Certificates of recognition. Standing room only. Speeches,…
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