Print Issue: 2025

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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Layers Lost and Voices United — Live From Albuquerque, It’s a Wrap

By Gregory Suko

August 8, 2025

JACL New Mexico Chapter As many traveled from planes, trains and automobiles to the Land of Enchantment, we hope from…
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JACL National Board Acts in Albuquerque

By P.C. Staff

August 8, 2025

Breaking Good: Five-member Social Justice Action Committee OK’d at N.M. convention. By P.C. Staff At what JACL National Board President…
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Community

Greater Portland Area Holds 78th Annual Japanese American Graduation Banquet

July 18, 2025

The greater Portland area held its 78th Annual Japanese American Graduation banquet to recognize the achievements of 35 local high…
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Community

83rd Nisei Week Reveals 2025 Festival Lineup

By P.C. Staff

July 18, 2025

Celebration for honorees, award winners, next queen runs Aug. 9-17. The Nisei Week Foundation has released details about its upcoming…
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Community

News Brief

July 18, 2025

Kazuo Masuda Memorial VFW Post 3670 Awarded All-American Honors The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States has bestowed…
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Community

AAPI Equity Alliance Assembles in Little Tokyo

By P.C. Staff

July 18, 2025

Nonprofits, political leaders aim heat at ICE over raids, unrest. By P.C. Staff A Little Tokyo news conference  organized by…
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Community

JACL Fresno Chapter and CCDC District Announce 2025 Scholarship Recipients

By JACL Fresno Chapter

July 18, 2025

By JACL Fresno Chapter The Fresno Chapter of the JACL is pleased to announce its 2025 scholarship recipients. Five outstanding…
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Community

Florin JACL Chapter Awards Scholarships

July 18, 2025

The Florin JACL chapter announced its 2025 scholarship awards during its annual Ice Cream Social on May 18. This year’s…
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Features

Resurrection: Coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi’s Comeback

By Gil Asakawa

July 18, 2025

A new documentary and book examine the impact, challenges faced by the groundbreaking medical examiner. By Gil Asakawa, P.C. Contributor At…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease An Attorney’s Perspective: How to Pay for Long-Term Care

By Judd Matsunaga

July 18, 2025

Sixty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. He said, “There is another tradition that we…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Alien Enemies Act Is Being Dangerously Misapplied

By Larry Oda

July 18, 2025

The Japanese American Citizens League, the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, was founded in 1929 in…
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JACL, David Inoue Part Ways

By P.C. Staff

July 4, 2025

By P.C. Staff A statement from JACL National President Larry Oda announced the departure of David Inoue as the organization’s…
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Community

News Briefs

By P.C. Staff

July 4, 2025

SCOTUS Ruling on Judges a Win for Trump WASHINGTON — In a 6-3 ruling that split along ideological lines, the…
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Community

Anaheim City Council Recognizes Veteran Norio Uyematsu

July 4, 2025

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Features

Stars and Stripes Forever? Yes, Indeed

By George Toshio Johnston

July 4, 2025

The Monterey Peninsula Flag inside JANM’s main hall. Made in the 1930s, the flag is set to undergo a complete…
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Arts & Entertainment

Post-‘Crazy Rich Asians,’
a Pair of Rom-Coms Arrive

By Paul Goodman

July 4, 2025

‘Worth the Wait’ and ‘Meet Cute in Manhattan’ give Asian American flavor on a beloved genre. By Paul Goodman, P.C. Contributor…
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