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Simmering Presents Priorities

By George Toshio Johnston

August 14, 2026

JACL Executive Director Lilly Simmering (Photos: George Toshio Johnston) JACL’s ED lays out a lofty game plan during a breakfast…
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Community

Sayonara to Sayonara Gala?

By George Toshio Johnston

August 14, 2026

With no ’27 JACL convention planned and ’28 likely virtual, this confab staple is the last for the time being.…
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JACL Elects New National Board Officers

By Allison Haramoto

August 2, 2026

Sheldon Arakaki will serve as national president for next 2 years. By P.C. Staff LAS VEGAS — Aug. 1 was…
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Military & Veterans

L.A. Marks Day of Affirmation

By George Toshio Johnston

July 17, 2026

Ceremony recalls President Truman’s tribute to the 442nd. By George Toshio Johnston, Pacific Citizen Senior Editor Exactly eight decades from…
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Incarceration & Redress

Tule Lake Pilgrimage: ‘Resistance & Solidarity’

By Katie Masano Hill

July 17, 2026

Pilgrims unite to heal, learn and remember past injustices that occurred at the site during WWII. Nearly 400 survivors, descendants,…
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Features

Angel Island’s Ghosts Echo in Today’s Battle Over the Alien Enemies Act

By Katie Masano Hill, Mayu Altekar-Okazaki

July 17, 2026

Tour guide Grant Din (second from left) with (from far left) Naoko Fujii and JACL youth Kiyone Tanaka-Gacayan, Mayu Alketar-Okazaki,…
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Commentary & Opinions

Youth Perspective: The Way of the Whigs?

By Sebastian Carbajal

July 17, 2026

Earlier this month, the Cato Institute, an American libertarian think tank, polled the public on socialism and capitalism. Fifty-three percent…
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Arts & Entertainment

JACL D.C. Chapter Receives Albert B. Corey Award

By JACL D.C. Chapter

July 17, 2026

The honor recognizes the graphic novel ‘But Where Are You REALLY FROM?’ By JACL D.C. Chapter The JACL D.C.…
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JACL Announces
National Convention Awardees

By JACL National

July 17, 2026

The organization will fete Dr. Debra Kawahara and Ryan Kawamoto in Vegas during Sayonara Gala; afterparty to feature the SLANT…
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Obituaries

Ikuko Kiriyama Dead at 86

By P.C. Staff

July 17, 2026

Educator led drive to save community newspaper. By P.C. Staff Ikuko Kiriyama, a lifelong educator and Japanese American community leader…
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Obituaries

Sushi Entrepreneurs Uechi, Matsuda Die

July 17, 2026

A pair of Japan-born, Los Angeles-based sushi entrepreneurs have died. Katsuya Uechi, whose Katsuya restaurant chain was founded on the…
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Obituaries

Coach Gene Nakamura, 81, Dies

July 17, 2026

Berkeley High School girls basketball coach Gene Nakamura, who coached the Yellowjackets to two CIF state championships, 15 North Coast…
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Commentary & Opinions

Legal-Ease: An Attorney’s Perspective — Why Get a Memory Loss Evaluation?

By Judd Matsunaga

July 15, 2026

People call cancer the “Big C” to avoid saying the actual word. Historically, people feared the diagnosis so much that…
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Community

Gerald Yamada Honored
With Order of the Rising Sun

By JACL D.C. Chapter

July 15, 2026

The commendation recognizes decades of work advancing Japanese Americans and strengthening ties between U.S. and Japan. By JACL D.C. Chapter…
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JACL Backs Evanston, Ill.’s Reparations Plan

By P.C. Staff

July 7, 2026

National, Chicago chapter support city’s program for local African Americans. By P.C. Staff The Japanese American Citizens League national office…
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Community

News Briefs

By P.C. Staff

July 3, 2026

Massive Little Tokyo-Adjacent Project OK’d Despite opposition from some in Little Tokyo (see Feb. 26, 2026, Pacific Citizen, tinyurl.com/367pznr7), the…
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