Print Issue: 2026

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Diamond Pin for Oda

By Allison Haramoto

September 25, 2026

JACL recognizes the history-making national president for his meritorious service. By Allison Haramoto, P.C. Executive Editor At its San Francisco…
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Top Stories

‘California Roll’ documents history of the dish that opened America to sushi

By Gil Asakawa

September 25, 2026

Bill Sharp and Sam Epstein trace chef Ichiro Mashita’s mid-1960s Tokyo Kaikan roll, with former JANM curator Emily Anderson. It…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Get Out the Vote!

By Matthew Marumoto

September 25, 2026

JACL partners with APIAVote and Power the Polls to engage JACLers and help voter turnout. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal Ease: Have a Bunch of Daughters

By Judd Matsunaga

September 25, 2026

The government knows it can’t pay for long-term care for the baby boomer generation. So, the government is making it…
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News

George, Brad Takei Pledge to Bequeath Estate Valued at $21M to JANM

By P.C. Staff

September 23, 2026

The Japanese American National Museum announced today that George Takei and Brad Takei have pledged that the museum will be…
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JACL

JACL Issues Statement on the 25th Anniversary of the Sept. 11 Attacks

By JACL National

September 11, 2026

Today, JACL remembers the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty-five years later, we remember not only the lives lost, but…
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Community

Exhibition Debuts in New Mexico

By Aiko Allen

September 11, 2026

Roger Shimomura’s “American Infamy #3,” 2008, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 96 in. Courtesy of Kathryn Minette and Stan Biderman…
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Features

Mourning Towers Fallen

By George Toshio Johnston

September 11, 2026

The Twin Towers that once defined the New York City skyline were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. Three individuals who…
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Community

Sixty-Three Years Later, JACL Still Marches

By Matthew Marumoto

September 11, 2026

Members of various AAPI organizations hold signs in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Pictured (front row, from left) are Lou…
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JACL

‘Reparations Impossible? Why We Should Care and How We Can Be Allies’

By Gil Asakawa

September 11, 2026

The National Convention panel focused on Black reparations. By Gil Asakawa, P.C. Contributor One crowded panel during the recent JACL…
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Community

Restoring a Legacy

By Sacramento JACL

September 11, 2026

An interior view of the restored Nisei War Memorial Community Center (Photos: Courtesy of the Sacramento JACL) Sacramento JACL completes the…
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Community

News Briefs

By P.C. Staff

September 11, 2026

President Nominates Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to Permanent Role Months after John Phelan announced his resignation as Navy secretary,…
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Commentary & Opinions

From the Executive Director: Twenty-Five Years of Remembrance

By Eric Ngo, Lilly Simmering

September 11, 2026

This year, our nation marks 25 years since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, which took the lives of…
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JACL

JACL Slams Podcast

By P.C. Staff

September 11, 2026

Tim Pool, upper left, is the namesake of the “Timcast IRL” podcast. Participating in the Aug. 14 episode were, clockwise,…
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Commentary & Opinions

Reflections: Twenty-Five Years of Remembrance

By Eric Ngo, Lilly Simmering

September 11, 2026

By Eric Ngo At the beginning of August, the Monterey Abalone Festival brought all walks of life to the Monterey…
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Commentary & Opinions

In Our Words: We Are the JACL’s Youth Movement, and We’re Ready to Get to Work

By Hannah Yoshinaga, Treyton Ito Littlejohn

September 11, 2026

(Editor’s Note: This commentary marks the first installment of “In Our Words,” a new column spotlighting young adult voices within…
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