Print Issue: 2025

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JACL Selects Interim Executive Director

By P.C. Staff

September 19, 2025

National President Larry Oda touts Saki Mori’s wealth of knowledge, experience. By P.C. Staff Japanese American Citizens League National President…
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Community

Small Step for LTCIF . . .

By George Toshio Johnston

September 19, 2025

One giant leap for self-determination in Little Tokyo? By George Toshio Johnston, P.C. Senior Editor The future of Little Tokyo…
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Community

News Briefs

September 19, 2025

Post-ICE Raid, Hyundai to Continue With Plans to Spend $2.7 Bil in Ga. In the aftermath of the Sept. 4…
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Community

Longstanding Little Tokyo Restaurant Closes

By P.C. Staff

September 19, 2025

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Features

Students Unearth WWII
Alien Enemies Act Stories
to Influence the Courts

By Kiyone Tanaka-Gacayan, Mayu Altekar-Okazaki, Satoshi Isayama

September 19, 2025

Through archival research and interviews, JACL interns uncover histories of Japanese American hardship to warn: Don’t let history repeat. By…
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Features

‘The Great American
Gunshow’ Revisited

By Rob Buscher

September 19, 2025

Makoto Hirano uses miniature objects to recall specific details related to each of the 50 interviewees. (Photos: Johanna Austin) Lead…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease An Attorney’s Perspective: Trustee or Power of Attorney???

By Judd Matsunaga

September 19, 2025

I started drafting living trusts and related estate planning documents close to 30 years ago. More often than not, parents…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Let No Tower Rise Where Memory Stands

By Yerin Lee

September 19, 2025

History is written by the victors. The stories of the conquered are buried beneath their monuments. Columbus is praised as…
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JACL

JACL: ICE’s Fort Bliss Detention Center a ‘Disgrace’

By P.C. Staff

September 5, 2025

The Japanese American Citizens League issued a statement Aug. 28 that called the federal government’s new detention center operated by Immigration…
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Community

News Briefs

September 5, 2025

Judge Rules Trump’s Use of National Guard Violated Posse Comitatus Act Weeks after President Trump — without the consent of…
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Features

‘Cruising J-Town’

By Rob Buscher

September 5, 2025

“Cruising J-Town” commemorates 110 years of participation in and contributions to California’s car culture by members of the Japanese American…
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Community

Assembling for Action

By P.C. Staff

September 5, 2025

NPCA’s nationwide gatherings include the Japanese American community. By P.C. Staff The Japanese American community response to President Donald Trump’s…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Almost There: Remembering Lordsburg

By Katie Masano Hill

September 5, 2025

On July 27, 1942, Toshio Kobata and Hirota Isomura were murdered by a U.S. Army guard while being transferred to…
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Community

AAJA Honors Outstanding Members

By George Toshio Johnston

September 5, 2025

Seattle’s Ken Mochizuki, Rose Tibayan get Lifetime Achievement recognition at the 2025 convention. By George Toshio Johnston, P.C. Senior Editor The…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: My Journey Continues

By Marsha Aizumi

September 5, 2025

On July 1, I was admitted to City of Hope for a stem cell transplant from my brother. MDS (preleukemia)…
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Community

News Brief

August 22, 2025

Kimi Look Crowned 2025 Nisei Week Queen; Members of Court Named Gardena Evening Optimist Club-sponsored Nisei Week queen candidate Kimi…
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