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Petitions were submitted by (from left) Kristin Fukushima, Carrie Morita, Alex Kanegawa, Kimi Maru, Mark Masaoka and Kathy Masaoka. (GWEN...

What’s at stake for Asian/Pacific Islanders in the November elections? Speakers will address this question in an educational forum on...

HONOLULU – Hawaii Gov. David Ige has formally requested a presidential disaster declaration as Tropical Storm Olivia gets closer to the...

Sen. Mazie Hirono speaks during the first day of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. WASHINGTON – Sen. Mazie K. Hirono...

From right: Dale Shimasaki, CEO of Strategic Education Services in Sacramento, with son Lance and wife Ann Thuy Shimasaki, director of...

Susan Elizabeth Watanabe, a television writer, community leader and political activist, passed away on Aug. 25 of a brain tumor, it was...

Toru Miyoshi, second from right, served on the Santa Maria City Council and Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors for a total of 20...

(Google Maps) SACRAMENTO — The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on Aug. 27 issued an 18-page order denying,...

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died on Saturday at age 81, is being eulogized by colleagues on both sides of the aisle,...

Tulelake Airport in Modoc County. (Photo by Martha Nakagawa) SACRAMENTO — The Tule Lake Committee on Aug. 21 filed a lawsuit in the U.S....

HONOLULU – Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday signed an emergency proclamation that will provide relief for disaster damages, losses and...

WASHINGTON – The Japanese American Citizens League issued the following statement on Aug. 17 about incidents involving two Democratic...

City Councilmember Paul Koretz is joined at City Hall by members of the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors (ASA) and...

Garrett Wada LA PALMA — Three candidates have filed nomination papers for two City Council seats for the La Palma general municipal...

HONOLULU — In the Aug. 11 Democratic primary for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District (City and County of Honolulu), former Rep. Ed Case...

Editorial team for of “NCRR: The Grassroots Struggle for Japanese American Redress and Reparations” (from left): Qris Yamashita, Lane...

A victorious Gov. David Ige is interviewed after the election. (KZOO Radio) HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. David Ige fought off five challengers,...

Gov. David Ige and members of the Akaka family gather for the naming of the Daniel K. Akaka Marine Highway on July 9. (Hawaii Department...

By ELLEN ENDO, Rafu Shimpo Parker Center, the former Los Angeles Police Department headquarters that in the early 1950s displaced...