Print Issue: 2025

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Features

‘Changing Perspectives on Japanese American Incarceration’

By Rob Buscher

July 4, 2025

The legacy of JACL takes center stage at the two-day conference in Oakland, Calif. By Rob Buscher, P.C. Contributor Approximately 150…
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Aizumi

A Mother’s Take: Embracing MDS

By Marsha Aizumi

July 4, 2025

When I first heard my diagnosis of MDS or preleukemia, I walked around in shock and disbelief. I didn’t feel…
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Commentary & Opinions

Letter to the Editor

By Susan Handa

July 4, 2025

Dear Editor, Why should the fact that “Little Tokyo is a Community of Immigrants” protect or exempt us from immigration…
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National

JACL Award Honorees Announced

By JACL National

July 4, 2025

Art Director Leo Akira Yoshimura and USC’s Dr. Carol Folt set to receive awards at the organization’s upcoming National Convention.…
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Obituaries

Seminal Filmmaker Robert Nakamura Dead at 88

By P.C. Staff

June 20, 2025

Creative force played key roles at VC, UCLA, JANM’s Media Center. By P.C. Staff Robert Akira Nakamura, known to his…
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Community

News Briefs

June 20, 2025

After Past Presidents Endorse Ariz.’s SB 1301, Nat’l JACL Clarifies Stance The National JACL released a statement June 17 regarding…
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JACL

NCAPA Responds to Trump’s First 100 Days

By George Toshio Johnston

June 20, 2025

Report, webinar push back against anti-immigrant, anti-DEI actions, neglect of due process norms. By George Toshio Johnston, P.C. Senior Editor…
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Features

Cold Fear in the Summer Sun

By Athena Mari Asklipiadis

June 20, 2025

Graffiti defiles the exterior of the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in the aftermath of the nearby ICE…
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Community

In Tribute to Amache

By Gil Asakawa

June 20, 2025

The pilgrimage is made more poignant with the Ireichō book on tour. By Gil Asakawa, P.C. Contributor The annual pilgrimage to…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: When Inclusion Becomes a Political Weapon: Why JACL Arizona Leaders Oppose SB 1301

By Bill Staples Jr., Donna Cheung, Kathy Nakagawa

June 20, 2025

By Bill Staples Jr., Donna Cheung and Kathy Nakagawa In recent weeks, the Arizona chapter of the Japanese American Citizens…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: ‘My Baachan and Jiichan Were Not in a Jap Camp’

By Katie Masano Hill

June 20, 2025

On June 10, 2025, in the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee in the Wyoming State…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective — ‘Potentially Inappropriate’ Medications

By Judd Matsunaga

June 20, 2025

No doubt about it — modern day science and medicine are keeping people alive a lot longer. Medications are, of…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: Painful Changes to Preserve JACL

By David Inoue

June 20, 2025

As we entered 2025, we realized we needed to address a significant and increasingly regular gap in our budget. It…
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Community

Sacramento JACL Awards 2025 Scholarships

By P.C. Staff

June 20, 2025

The Sacramento JACL held its Scholarship Award Luncheon on June 8 at the historic Nisei War Memorial Community Center. Six…
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Community

JACL Acknowledges Apology by Wyo. Politician

By P.C. Staff

June 20, 2025

State Rep. John Winter calls Heart Mountain Interpretive Center ‘Jap camp.’ By P.C. Staff Following an apology from a member…
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Community

News Briefs

By P.C. Staff

June 6, 2025

CAPAC: State Dept.’s Threats ‘Un-American’ WASHINGTON — In response to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s May 28 announcement the State…
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