A Bridging Opportunity: Featuring the Best of the Best in Japan
JACLers fron the NCWNP recently traveled to Japan, a visit that was for some a trip of a lifetime. Twenty-two…
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Still Hovering: Ex-Door Gunner’s Vietnam Memories Never Far Away
John Masaki stands in front of the Japanese American National War Memorial Court in Little Tokyo. (Pacific Citizen photo: George…
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‘American Peril: Imagining the Foreign Threat’ Exhibit Preview
A press kit photo for 1942 movie “Little Tokyo, U.S.A.” (Courtesy of Rob Buscher) The writer-curator offers insight into JACL…
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San Diego JACL Reflects, Remembers on 30th Anniversary of Redress
To mark the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the San Diego JACL Chapter…
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A Story of Four Generations Comes Full Circle
Motokichi and Sato Hirahara (Photo: Courtesy of the Anaheim Public Library) The writer reflects on the importance of preserving the…
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Reclaiming Our Histories at the 2018 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage
JACL’s David Inoue (second from left) with members of the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage committee and guests Sec. Norm Mineta and…
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‘Redress 30 Years Later: Looking Back and Moving Forward’
Redress panelists Stuart Ishimaru, Karen Narasaki, moderator David Inoue and Grant Ujifusa (Photo: George T. Johnston) In a moving plenary…
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Lights! Camera! Identity!
Peter Shinkoda, Tad Nakamura and Mayumi Yoshida show their amusement during the “JA Contributions to the Asian American Cinema Movement”…
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From Outcasts to Ovation: California Senate Fetes 442 Veterans
The California State Senate commemorated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team on June…
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My Pilgrimage to Amache as a Yonsei Japanese American
Susan (Yahiro) Asklipiadis stands by the original guard tower. (Photo: Athena Mari Asklipiadis) By Athena Mari Asklipiadis My mother, Susan…
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Film Takes Center Stage at the 2018 JACL Convention
Title card for “Relocation, Arkansas,” which will screen during National JACL Convention in Philadelphia. Documentary films ‘highlight a multitude of…
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13 a Good Omen for K.W. Lee Center for Leadership
Journalist K.W. Lee and Ranko Yamada are reunited for the first time in some 40 years. (Photo: George Toshio Johnston)…
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Preserving Honor
Zinfandel grapes seen in the Mikami Vineyards in October 2012. (Photo: Jason Mikami) For Jason Mikami, his Mikami Vineyards produces…
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Philadelphia: City of Neighborhoods
William Penn statue atop Philadelphia’s City Hall. (Photo: B. Krist/Visit Philadelphia) JACL National Convention attendees have endless sights and food…
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The Man Who Would Be
Chicken KingAlbert Okura gets ready to eat some of his Juan Pollo chicken at the San Bernardino branch of his restaurant…
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‘Farewell to Manzanar’ at 45: Homecoming for Houston
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, with daughter Corinne Houston, displays the proclamation presented to her on May 12 by the city of…
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Jerome and Rohwer Revisited
Jerome survivors gather around the Jerome memorial obelisk. (Photo: Kimiko Marr) Ninety-four people from 16 states visit Arkansas in a…
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Berkeley JACL Awards Scholarships and Honors Pioneer Recipient Lee Nakamura
The Berkeley JACL held its awards luncheon on April 29 to recognize its scholarship recipients and Pioneer Award honoree. Seated…