Asakawa

By Gil Asakawa When the word “veterans” comes up in conversations within the Japanese American community, I suspect most of…

By Gil Asakawa All the recent controversy over “whitewashing” — Hollywood’s habit of casting white people in Asian roles —…

By Gil Asakawa The recent 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima went by quietly on American news (in part…

By Gil Asakawa The historical story of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II is still not well-known in…

By Gil Asakawa I wasn’t surprised that anti-Japanese sentiments were expressed when Takuma Sato, a Japanese driver, won the Indianapolis…

By Gil Asakawa Many Japanese Americans I know don’t pay much attention to Japan, which I think is a pity.…

By Gil Asakawa One of the great benefits of today’s social media — and why I urge everyone, young and…

By Gil Asakawa I’m proud to be on my second stint as the Pacific Citizen’s Editorial Board Chair — I…

By Gil Asakawa (Originally published in the Dec. 16, 2016-Jan. 26, 2017 Holiday Issue of Pacific Citizen.) Wow, I don’t…

By Gil Asakawa The slope just got a little slippery. Carl Higbie, a former Navy SEAL who’s the spokesman for…