2022
Co-Presidents Letter * Keiro Kai * JACL Scholarship Recipients * Mochitsuki Flyer * Veterans Day Event * Tadaima 2022 * Bridge to the Sun * League of Dreams * Membership
Co-Presidents Letter * JACL Picnic * Keiro Kai Flyer * JACL National Convention * JACL Legacy Grant: Inquiry through Graphic Novel Narratives * Groundbreaking of Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain * Neighbors Not Enemies Act * Stamp Our Story * Kyoko Okamoto: Foreign Minister’s 2022 Commendation Award * Membership
Co-Presidents Letter * Memorial Day Service * Memorial Day Gravesite List * JACL Picnic * Honoring the Go for Broke Spirit * JACL National Convention * Unity March * JACSC Week of Action * Amache National Historic Site Act * Freedom Walk * Martha Watanabe * In Memoriam: Norm Mineta/Asako Watanabe * Membership
Co-Presidents Letter * 2022 JACL DC Installation * Meet the New Board Members * National Day of Remembrance * Mochitsuki * 24th Annual Freedom Walk * Memorial Day Donation * 2022 JACL National Scholarship Program * 2022 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit * National Conflict Resolution Center * In Memoriam: Minami/Takahashi/Nuzum * Membership
2021
Co-Presidents Letter * Mochitsuki & Recipes * Keiro Kai * Family Memories: Takemoto, Nakano, Hiraoka * Norm Mineta Birthday Celebration * Friendships Forged * New Board Members * Tips for Resilience * September House MAJ * Stamp Our Story * 10th Anniversary of the Nisei Soldier Congressional Gold Medal * Minidoka: Lava Ridge Wind Project * WWII Vets at U.S. Army Museum * JACSC Educational Conference * JACL DC Youth Committee & AAPSU Event * Tadaima 2021 * In Memoriam: Holly Yasui * Membership
Co-Presidents Letter * Memorial Day Service * Ben Masaoka * Virtual National Convention * Tule Lake * Heart Mountain Pilgrimage * Day of Affirmation * Community Luncheon * Alice Lin * National Museum of the U.S. Army * In Sympathy * Family Memories * Membership
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Freedom Walk • Go For Broke • Timothy Itsuo Mizokami • Meet & Greet Ambassador Tomita • Memorial Day Flyer • When Hate Hits You • AAPSU • Tsuru for Solidarity • Healing Fractured Communities Webinar • Ellen Uchida • Communications • Yuka Fujikura • Membership
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Mochitsuki • Woks for Washington • Veterans Day • Memorial Day • Friendships Forged • New Board Members • Tips for Resilience • September House MAJ • Tokiya Japan • Heart Mountain Teacher Workshop • Akiko Keene Award • Joe Uchida • Jean Kariya • Membership
2020
Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Senior Gifts • Higuchi Book Talk • Yuka Fujikura Podcast • JACSC Conference • Tsuru for Solidarity Divide & Conquer • Veterans Day • JACL Scholarship • COVID Survival Tips • Woks for Washington Update • Memorial Day • Memorial Day Flyer • Mochitsuki Flyer • Membership
Summer
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Book Talk with John Tateisi • Tadaima! “I’m Home” • Alice Lin • Weddings • Mary Murakami’s Podcast • Frank and Barbara Nekoba’s Son Wins Teaching Award • Woks for Washington • Tsuru for Solidarity Revisited • Inaugural Day of Affirmation • DC Chapter Virtual Book Preview and Conversation • We Are All Americans • Asian Markets and Restaurants • 2020 Digital Storytelling Competition
Spring
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Installation Luncheon • Day of Remembrance • Kakehashi 2020 • Fold-in DMV • Fold-in GWU • COVID-19 • Cancellations/Postponements • Asian Markets and Restaurants • New Member Cheyenne Cheng • Membership Update • Census Installation • In Memoriam: Irene Hirano Inouye
Winter
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Welcome to New JACL DC Chapter Members • JCAW Shinshun Matsuri • Norman Mineta Book Talks • Kakehashi • Mochitsuki • In Memoriam: Eric L. Roberts • Day of Remembrance • Heart Mountain Summer Teacher Workshops • Tickets for Wizards Game • Installation Luncheon Flyer
2019
Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Welcome Matthew Weisbly • Scholarship Winners • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Imaoikiruhito Resonance Harmony • Defender of Liberty Award • Dr. Diane Murakami • Linda Aoyagi • Webinar: Digital Access and Literacy • Mochitsuki Flyer
Summer
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Memorial Day • Annual Picnic • Heart Mountain • Ladies Luncheon • Convention • Updates • Japanese Chorus Flyer • Keiro Kai Flyer • JACL Membership
Spring
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Day of Remembrance • Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium • Freedom Walk • JACL – OCA Leadership Summit • DC Chapter Board News • LEAAP Lunar New Year • Partnerships with JACL DC • Norman Mineta • Memorial Day Service • JACL DC Picnic • Membership
Winter
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium • 2019 JACL Installation • National Japanese American Memorial Foundation • Nikkei-Mashou• Mochitsuki • Richard Amano • Day of Remembrance • 2019 JACL Convention • Bits N Pieces • Cherry Blossom Freedom Walk • For the Sake of the Children • JACL Membership
2018
Fall
President’s Letter • Linda Sato Adams • DC Chapter Scholarship Winners • Keiro Kai • Mineta Film Screening • Giving Tuesday • Camp Pilgrimages • Bits N Pieces • Mochitsuki Save the Date • 2019 Installation Invitation
Spring
President’s Letter • Installation Luncheon • Board Biographies • #WhyIJACL • Day of Remembrance • Freedom Walk • Memorial Day Flyer • June Picnic Flyer • Membership Directory • Letter of Support for NPS Funding • Ray Murakami • Floyd Mori • Floral Donations • Fumie Yamamota • T-Shirt Contest Winner • Membership
2017
Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Minoru Yasui Film Screening • Veterans Day • Biographies • T-Shirt Contest • Ladies’ Luncheon • Bits ‘n Pieces • Mochi Flyer
Summer
Presidents’ Message • David Inoue Executive Director JACL National • JACL Convention 2017 Washington DC • Legacy Fund Grant Awards • Japanese Minister of Foreign AffairsTara Kono Visit • JACL-DC on Social Media • JACL-DC Membership Survey Results
Spring
Message from John Tobe • JACL National Convention • Installation Luncheon • 2017 Chapter Officers • Rally at Reagan • National Airport • Korematsu v. United States with Karen Korematsu • Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII • Day of Remembrance, Smithsonian American History Museum • Memorial Day Donations • 2016 Mochitsuki • Legacy Fund Grants • Freedom Walk
2016
Summer
Freedom Walk • Memorial Day Event • APAICS Gala Awards Dinner • Camp Consortium Event • Welcome Reception for New DCM Oike & Minister Sasayama • JACL Convention 2016 • JACL-OCA Picnic
Spring
Foreign Minister Awards • Stories from WWII • Day of Remembrance • Smithsonian Exhibit 9066 • Installation Luncheon • Memorial Day • Japanese Americans in the Military • Legacy Funds • Freedom Walk • NJAMF Digital Storytelling • Mochitsuki 2015
2015
Winter
Announcing Mochitsuki 2015 • Murakami, Watanabe Recognition Events • Coverage of Keiro Kai • Smithsonian 2017 Exhibit on EO 9066
Fall
JACL Convention • Masaoka Fellowship • Legacy Fund Grant • Memorial Day • JACL-DC/OCA Picnic • Keiro Kai & Family Day
Summer
Prime Minister Abe’s visit • Memorial Day event at Arlington Cemetery • Dr. Ray Murakami Honored • Amy Uyematsu – Sansei Poet
Spring
Todd Endo • JAVA Luncheon & Award • JACL Scholarships • Legacy Fund • Memorial Day • Installation Luncheon • Masaoka Fellowship • Day of Remembrance
2014
Winter
Keiro Kai/Family Day • The Japanese American Story • The Price of Freedom • Daniel K. Inouye Fellow • Memorial Day “Thank Yous” • Norman Y. Mineta Fellow • Holiday Greetings
Fall
JACL Convention recap • Kakehashi Project • Memorial Day Service • Keiro Kai announcement • LBGT advocacy
Spring
Medal for WWII Returns Home • Hafu • Day of Remembrance • Norman Mineta Named Honorary Chair • Memorial Day Event • Installation Luncheon • Legacy Fund Grants • Meet Masaoka Fellow, Colette Masunaga • Japan Fair
2013
Winter
Keiro Kai/Family Day • Honorable Journey • NJAMF Awards • JACL Gala Dinner • Daniel K. Inouye Fellow • JACL Scholarships • Membership • Holiday Greetings • Robert Nakamoto Honored
Fall
JACL Convention Recap • Memorial Day service • March on Washington • DC Picnic • JACL Fellows • NJAMF Honorees
Summer
Memorial Day Event • Fellowships & Internships Opportunities • JACL Convention 2013 • Request for Volunteers at JACL Convention & Redress Photographs • JACL-DC Picnic
Spring
Remembering Senator Inouye • Terry Shima Receives Presidential Citizens Medal • New Board for 2013 • Meet Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae.
2012
Winter
The vision for 2013 • Recaps of Keiro Kai and Family Day • Mochitsuki Announcement • Floyd Mori Recognized by Japanese Government
Fall
President Janice Faden on JACL National Convention• Remembering Vincent Chin • Nikkei Sundays • Keiro Kai and Family Day • September 15
Summer
Memorial Day Ceremony • June 9 Picnic • On Marion Barry • JACL Convention (July 5-8 in Seattle) • Salute to Floyd Mori
Spring
In Memory of 3/11 • Day of Remembrance • Memorial Day Event • Installation Luncheon • Mochitsuki • Membership • Save the Dates • Bits & Pieces • Cherry Blossom Festival
2011
Fall 2011
Honoring JA Veterans: Congressional Gold Medal • Holiday Greeting Form • JACL Gala Dinner • Picnic Recap • President’s Message • Membership Corner • JACL Nat’l Youth/ Student Council Perspective • In Memoriam: Etsu Masaoka
Co-Presidents Letter * 2022 JACL DC Installation * Meet the New Board Members * National Day of Remembrance * Mochitsuki * 24th Annual Freedom Walk * Memorial Day Donation * 2022 JACL National Scholarship Program * 2022 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit * National Conflict Resolution Center * In Memoriam: Minami/Takahashi/Nuzum * Membership
2021
Co-Presidents Letter * Mochitsuki & Recipes * Keiro Kai * Family Memories: Takemoto, Nakano, Hiraoka * Norm Mineta Birthday Celebration * Friendships Forged * New Board Members * Tips for Resilience * September House MAJ * Stamp Our Story * 10th Anniversary of the Nisei Soldier Congressional Gold Medal * Minidoka: Lava Ridge Wind Project * WWII Vets at U.S. Army Museum * JACSC Educational Conference * JACL DC Youth Committee & AAPSU Event * Tadaima 2021 * In Memoriam: Holly Yasui * Membership
Co-Presidents Letter * Memorial Day Service * Ben Masaoka * Virtual National Convention * Tule Lake * Heart Mountain Pilgrimage * Day of Affirmation * Community Luncheon * Alice Lin * National Museum of the U.S. Army * In Sympathy * Family Memories * Membership
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Freedom Walk • Go For Broke • Timothy Itsuo Mizokami • Meet & Greet Ambassador Tomita • Memorial Day Flyer • When Hate Hits You • AAPSU • Tsuru for Solidarity • Healing Fractured Communities Webinar • Ellen Uchida • Communications • Yuka Fujikura • Membership
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Mochitsuki • Woks for Washington • Veterans Day • Memorial Day • Friendships Forged • New Board Members • Tips for Resilience • September House MAJ • Tokiya Japan • Heart Mountain Teacher Workshop • Akiko Keene Award • Joe Uchida • Jean Kariya • Membership
2020
Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Senior Gifts • Higuchi Book Talk • Yuka Fujikura Podcast • JACSC Conference • Tsuru for Solidarity Divide & Conquer • Veterans Day • JACL Scholarship • COVID Survival Tips • Woks for Washington Update • Memorial Day • Memorial Day Flyer • Mochitsuki Flyer • Membership
Summer
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Book Talk with John Tateisi • Tadaima! “I’m Home” • Alice Lin • Weddings • Mary Murakami’s Podcast • Frank and Barbara Nekoba’s Son Wins Teaching Award • Woks for Washington • Tsuru for Solidarity Revisited • Inaugural Day of Affirmation • DC Chapter Virtual Book Preview and Conversation • We Are All Americans • Asian Markets and Restaurants • 2020 Digital Storytelling Competition
Spring
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Installation Luncheon • Day of Remembrance • Kakehashi 2020 • Fold-in DMV • Fold-in GWU • COVID-19 • Cancellations/Postponements • Asian Markets and Restaurants • New Member Cheyenne Cheng • Membership Update • Census Installation • In Memoriam: Irene Hirano Inouye
Winter
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Welcome to New JACL DC Chapter Members • JCAW Shinshun Matsuri • Norman Mineta Book Talks • Kakehashi • Mochitsuki • In Memoriam: Eric L. Roberts • Day of Remembrance • Heart Mountain Summer Teacher Workshops • Tickets for Wizards Game • Installation Luncheon Flyer
2019
Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Welcome Matthew Weisbly • Scholarship Winners • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Imaoikiruhito Resonance Harmony • Defender of Liberty Award • Dr. Diane Murakami • Linda Aoyagi • Webinar: Digital Access and Literacy • Mochitsuki Flyer
Summer
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Memorial Day • Annual Picnic • Heart Mountain • Ladies Luncheon • Convention • Updates • Japanese Chorus Flyer • Keiro Kai Flyer • JACL Membership
Spring
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Day of Remembrance • Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium • Freedom Walk • JACL – OCA Leadership Summit • DC Chapter Board News • LEAAP Lunar New Year • Partnerships with JACL DC • Norman Mineta • Memorial Day Service • JACL DC Picnic • Membership
Winter
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium • 2019 JACL Installation • National Japanese American Memorial Foundation • Nikkei-Mashou• Mochitsuki • Richard Amano • Day of Remembrance • 2019 JACL Convention • Bits N Pieces • Cherry Blossom Freedom Walk • For the Sake of the Children • JACL Membership
2018
Fall
President’s Letter • Linda Sato Adams • DC Chapter Scholarship Winners • Keiro Kai • Mineta Film Screening • Giving Tuesday • Camp Pilgrimages • Bits N Pieces • Mochitsuki Save the Date • 2019 Installation Invitation
Spring
President’s Letter • Installation Luncheon • Board Biographies • #WhyIJACL • Day of Remembrance • Freedom Walk • Memorial Day Flyer • June Picnic Flyer • Membership Directory • Letter of Support for NPS Funding • Ray Murakami • Floyd Mori • Floral Donations • Fumie Yamamota • T-Shirt Contest Winner • Membership
2017
Fall
Co-Presidents’ Letter • Keiro Kai and Family Day • Minoru Yasui Film Screening • Veterans Day • Biographies • T-Shirt Contest • Ladies’ Luncheon • Bits ‘n Pieces • Mochi Flyer
Summer
Presidents’ Message • David Inoue Executive Director JACL National • JACL Convention 2017 Washington DC • Legacy Fund Grant Awards • Japanese Minister of Foreign AffairsTara Kono Visit • JACL-DC on Social Media • JACL-DC Membership Survey Results
Spring
Message from John Tobe • JACL National Convention • Installation Luncheon • 2017 Chapter Officers • Rally at Reagan • National Airport • Korematsu v. United States with Karen Korematsu • Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII • Day of Remembrance, Smithsonian American History Museum • Memorial Day Donations • 2016 Mochitsuki • Legacy Fund Grants • Freedom Walk
2016
Summer
Freedom Walk • Memorial Day Event • APAICS Gala Awards Dinner • Camp Consortium Event • Welcome Reception for New DCM Oike & Minister Sasayama • JACL Convention 2016 • JACL-OCA Picnic
Spring
Foreign Minister Awards • Stories from WWII • Day of Remembrance • Smithsonian Exhibit 9066 • Installation Luncheon • Memorial Day • Japanese Americans in the Military • Legacy Funds • Freedom Walk • NJAMF Digital Storytelling • Mochitsuki 2015
2015
Winter
Announcing Mochitsuki 2015 • Murakami, Watanabe Recognition Events • Coverage of Keiro Kai • Smithsonian 2017 Exhibit on EO 9066
Fall
JACL Convention • Masaoka Fellowship • Legacy Fund Grant • Memorial Day • JACL-DC/OCA Picnic • Keiro Kai & Family Day
Summer
Prime Minister Abe’s visit • Memorial Day event at Arlington Cemetery • Dr. Ray Murakami Honored • Amy Uyematsu – Sansei Poet
Spring
Todd Endo • JAVA Luncheon & Award • JACL Scholarships • Legacy Fund • Memorial Day • Installation Luncheon • Masaoka Fellowship • Day of Remembrance
2014
Winter
Keiro Kai/Family Day • The Japanese American Story • The Price of Freedom • Daniel K. Inouye Fellow • Memorial Day “Thank Yous” • Norman Y. Mineta Fellow • Holiday Greetings
Fall
JACL Convention recap • Kakehashi Project • Memorial Day Service • Keiro Kai announcement • LBGT advocacy
Spring
Medal for WWII Returns Home • Hafu • Day of Remembrance • Norman Mineta Named Honorary Chair • Memorial Day Event • Installation Luncheon • Legacy Fund Grants • Meet Masaoka Fellow, Colette Masunaga • Japan Fair
2013
Winter
Keiro Kai/Family Day • Honorable Journey • NJAMF Awards • JACL Gala Dinner • Daniel K. Inouye Fellow • JACL Scholarships • Membership • Holiday Greetings • Robert Nakamoto Honored
Fall
JACL Convention Recap • Memorial Day service • March on Washington • DC Picnic • JACL Fellows • NJAMF Honorees
Summer
Memorial Day Event • Fellowships & Internships Opportunities • JACL Convention 2013 • Request for Volunteers at JACL Convention & Redress Photographs • JACL-DC Picnic
Spring
Remembering Senator Inouye • Terry Shima Receives Presidential Citizens Medal • New Board for 2013 • Meet Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae.
2012
Winter
The vision for 2013 • Recaps of Keiro Kai and Family Day • Mochitsuki Announcement • Floyd Mori Recognized by Japanese Government
Fall
President Janice Faden on JACL National Convention• Remembering Vincent Chin • Nikkei Sundays • Keiro Kai and Family Day • September 15
Summer
Memorial Day Ceremony • June 9 Picnic • On Marion Barry • JACL Convention (July 5-8 in Seattle) • Salute to Floyd Mori
Spring
In Memory of 3/11 • Day of Remembrance • Memorial Day Event • Installation Luncheon • Mochitsuki • Membership • Save the Dates • Bits & Pieces • Cherry Blossom Festival
2011
Fall 2011
Honoring JA Veterans: Congressional Gold Medal • Holiday Greeting Form • JACL Gala Dinner • Picnic Recap • President’s Message • Membership Corner • JACL Nat’l Youth/ Student Council Perspective • In Memoriam: Etsu Masaoka
Dear DC News Notes,
I would like to report my father, Akira Paul Nose, recently passed away. He was a former active member of the DC Chapter, and actually, helped with the DC News Notes in the 1940s. Please see his obituary, which was recently published in the Washington Post, at My father’s obituary was published in the Washington Post, and can be found at, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=akira-p-nose&pid=157852350.
Please also feel free to leave a comment in the guestbook section, as my mother, others will appreciate your thoughts.
Sincerely,
Steven Kiyasu Nose
Former DC Board Member 1989-90
Northern California
stevenknose@att.net