JACL Breathes Sigh of Relief at Sayonara Gala
Alan Nishi (center) accepts his Ruby Pin from Carol Kawamoto. Also pictured (from left) are Paul Uyehara, Travis Nishi, Carol…
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One Small Step For JACL — And A Giant Leap For Its Future?
JACL National President Larry Oda (left) addresses the audience as panelists Lisa Doi, Sheldon Arakaki, Lisa Shiosaki Olsen, moderator Susan…
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The 54th Manzanar Pilgrimage Is Back on Track
The traditional “roll call of the camps” to recognize each of the 10 War Relocation Authority incarceration centers that forcibly…
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Remembering Norm, One Year Later
People line the streets of San Jose to show their appreciation and support as Norman Mineta’s funeral procession passed through…
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Topaz Remembers James Hatsuaki Wakasa
The long-lost stone monument to James Hatsuaki Wakasa was excavated on July 27, 2021. (Photo: Nancy Ukai.) Pilgrims gather in…
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A ‘Secret’ No More
Artist Patricia Wakida created block prints to illustrate David Mas Masumoto’s Aunt Shizuko for “Secret Harvests.” The discovery of a…
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JACL Celebrates Return of the Kakehashi Project
2023’s Kakehashi’s Group A and B visited Japan in March, reviving the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese…
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‘Tabemasho!’: Familiar as Mom’s Home Cooking
Asakawa has been traveling the country on a book tour, happy to talk about his love of all things Japanese,…
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Former TV newsman Fred Katayama Signs Off From Journalism
USJC Executive VP Fred Katayama addresses the audience at the 2022 conference in Tokyo. (Photo: Courtesy of Fred Katayama) By…
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New ‘Bridge to the Sun’ Recounts the Epic MIS Story
Kazuo Komoto greets First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt while convalescing at a hospital in Fiji in August 1943. He was shot…
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Patsy Mink and the Revolutionary Role of Motherhood
With 2022 marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that prohibits gender-based discrimination, the Pacific Citizen looks…
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Nisei Vets’ WWII Saga Goes Live and In Person
In a visit to Italy to record material for “Defining Courage,” David Ono and Jeff MacIntyre came across this helmet…
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Hikari Farms: Reinventing the World One Cucumber at a Time
Akira and Hideko Nagamine today, surrounded by their beloved cucumber plants (Photos: Courtesy of the Nagamine Family Collection) The Watsonville,…
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This Book Is Ready to Console Your Soul
Barbara Takei makes her mark in the Ireichō honoring her mother and grandmother with Rev. Duncan Williams looking on. (Photo:…
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Paul Goodman’s Reel Life Triumph
This family photo that appears in the background in “No No Girl” was, according to director Paul Goodman, a “proud…
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Love Letters to Our Cousin Vincent Chin
Vincent Chin has been with author Paula Yoo for over half of her life. (Photo: Jarod Lew) Stories are the…
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Usagi Yojimbo Newly Reimagined
“Usagi Yojimbo” creator Stan Sakai has hopped from the printed page to Netflix with the streaming series “Samurai Rabbit: The…