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Ventura County JACL Annual Installation to Set for Jan. 28

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Luncheon will feature California Strawberry Festival Chair Dean Kato. Dean Kato, chair, California Strawberry Festival The Ventura County Chapter of…

NY/SC: Connecting Across the Country

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The NY/SC at the Youth Mixer it hosted at July’s National Convention (Photo: Courtesy of the NY/SC) Prompt: What have…

Asian Hall of Fame Holds 19th Ceremony in Los Angeles

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Far East Movement members James “Prohgress” Roh, Virman “DJ Virman” Coquia and Kevin “Kev Nish” Nishimura display their Asian Hall…

NJAHS Launches National Photo Campaign to Honor Nisei Veterans of the MIS

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MIS families are urged to submit photos of their veterans to help fill a missing chapter in WWII history. SAN…

Tadaima Virtual Pilgrimage Returns

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An online film festival, running from Oct. 1-28, aims to foster connection, awareness and understanding within our diverse community. By…

Arts & Entertainment News

Tadaima Virtual Pilgrimage Returns

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An online film festival, running from Oct. 1-28, aims to foster connection, awareness and understanding within our diverse community. By…

‘Omoiyari’: A Search for Modern Harmony From Past Dissonance

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Documentary tracks musician Kishi Bashi’s journey to understand an inherited history. By Gil Asakawa, Contributor Kaoru Ishibashi is a musician…

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards

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(AP) The unlikely awards season juggernaut “Everything Everywhere All at Once” marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on…

‘Momentous’: Asian Americans Laud Anna Mae Wong’s U.S. Quarter

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(AP) More than 60 years after Anna Mae Wong became the first Asian American woman to receive a star on…

National News

JACL Nominations Committee Seeking Candidates for National Board of Directors

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PHILADELPHIA — The National JACL Nominations Committee is seeking members who are interested in running for a seat on the…

National Board Puts Legacy Fund Under Microscope

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Feedback from statement on 6-year-old’s slaying also gets scrutiny. By P.C. Staff SAN FRANCISCO — The Japanese American Citizens League…

JACL, Other AAPI Orgs Decry Muslim Boy’s Slaying

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The Oct. 14 Chicago-area stabbings of a boy and his mother that resulted in the boy’s death and critical injuries…

‘Our Promise’: JANM’s $65 Mil Moonshot

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An artist’s rendition of how the renovated entrance to JANM might look after renovations are completed in 2026. (Photo: Courtesy…

Unfolding History

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Actress-activist Tamlyn Tomita (far right) led an all-woman cast reading of “Question 27, Question 28.” (Photo: Gil Asakawa) Two readings…

Creating Change

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An inspirational week at JACL’s National Convention reignites conversations about how to keep the nearly 100-year-old civil rights organization at…