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National News

DOJ prosecutor, L.A. FBI Field Office Chief Denounce Racism Toward AAPIs

LOS ANGELES – With a call to the public to report hate crimes to law enforcement authorities, Acting United States…

P.C. EditorMarch 23, 2021

National News

Ga. Police Seek Motive in Attacks That Kill 8, 6 of Whom Were Asian Women

ATLANTA — A White gunman accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area…

P.C. EditorMarch 16, 2021

Community News

Stop AAPI Hate Reports 3,795 Hate Incidents Since March 2020

Group Discloses 503 Incidents Since Start of 2021 Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition aimed at addressing anti-Asian American discrimination,…

P.C. EditorMarch 16, 2021

Community JACL News

JACL Promotes Program Director and We’re Hiring!

JACL is pleased to announce the promotion of Phillip Ozaki to program director — membership and fund development. Ozaki has…

P.C. EditorMarch 12, 2021

Community entertainment News

JACL Co-Sponsors ‘Never List’ Screening, Discussion

Keiko Agena The JACL has announced that it is co-hosting a special movie event and panel discussion for “The Never…

P.C. EditorMarch 12, 2021

JACL National News

JACL Reflects on 10th Anniversary of Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami

Ten years ago today, the unthinkable happened when a magnitude nine earthquake generated an over 100-foot wall of water that…

P.C. EditorMarch 12, 2021

National News

Biden Condemns Violence Against Asian Americans in Address

By P.C. Staff In his first national address since taking office, President Biden on Thursday included comments condemning the surge…

P.C. EditorMarch 11, 2021

entertainment National News

NHK World-Japan Airing Programs to Mark 10th Anniversary of 2011 Earthquake

Internationally renowned actor Ken Watanabe views the devastation in Japan following the March 11, 2011 earthquake. (Photo: NHK World-Japan) Two-Month…

P.C. EditorMarch 10, 2021

National News

AAJA Calls on Condé Nast to Commit to AAPIs After Teen Vogue Editor’s Anti-Asian Tweets Come to Light

SAN FRANCISCO — In light of the controversy over past tweets of the incoming Teen Vogue editor-in-chief, the Asian American…

P.C. EditorMarch 10, 2021

Community News Obituaries

Eunice Sato, Former Long Beach Mayor, Dies at 99

By P.C. Staff Eunice N. Sato, whose many accomplishments included serving as mayor of Long Beach, Calif., from 1980-82, being…

P.C. EditorMarch 5, 2021