The Pacific Citizen

Since September 1929, the print edition of the Pacific Citizen has been the leading national newspaper for the APA community. Originally called the Nikkei Shimin (Japanese American Citizen), the San Francisco-based newspaper was a lifeline for the Japanese American community.

At the outbreak of World War II and the subsequent unjust internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans, the Pacific Citizen was moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where editor Larry Tajiri was hired to continue publishing a weekly newspaper to keep the fragmented community informed. After WWII, the Pacific Citizen returned to the West Coast in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo where the newspaper’s operations are still currently based.

Around 2014, Densho and the Pacific Citizen established a partnership to digitize and make accessible a full run of the newspaper from 1929 through 1996.

63 Collections

Collection The Nikkei Shimin 1929 Collection (ddr-pc-1)

This collection contains the inaugural edition of the Nikkei Shimin, later to become the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-1/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1932 Collection (ddr-pc-4)

This collection contains one edition of the 1932 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-4/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1933 Collection (ddr-pc-5)

This collection contains one edition of the 1933 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-5/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1935 Collection (ddr-pc-7)

This collection contains 3 editions of the 1935 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-7/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1937 Collection (ddr-pc-9)

This collection contains 4 editions of the 1937 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-9/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1938 Collection (ddr-pc-10)

This collection contains 7 editions of the 1938 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-10/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1939 Collection (ddr-pc-11)

This collection contains 4 editions from the 1939 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-11/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1940 Collection (ddr-pc-12)

This collection contains 2 editions from the 1940 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-12/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1941 Collection (ddr-pc-13)

This collection contains 9 editions from the 1941 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-13/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1942 Collection (ddr-pc-14)

This collection contains 30 editions from the 1942 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-14/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1943 Collection (ddr-pc-15)

This collection contains 50 editions from the 1943 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-15/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1944 Collection (ddr-pc-16)

This collection contains 51 editions from the 1944 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-16/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1945 Collection (ddr-pc-17)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1945 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-17/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1946 Collection (ddr-pc-18)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1947 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1947 Collection (ddr-pc-19)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1947 volume of Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-19/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1948 Collection (ddr-pc-20)

This collection contains 51 editions from the 1948 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-20/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1949 Collection (ddr-pc-21)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1949 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-21/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1950 Collection (ddr-pc-22)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1950 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-22/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1951 Collection (ddr-pc-23)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1952 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-23/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1952 Collection (ddr-pc-24)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1952 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-24/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1953 Collection (ddr-pc-25)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1953 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-25/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1954 Collection (ddr-pc-26)

This collection contains 53 editions from the 1954 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-26/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1955 Collection (ddr-pc-27)

This collection contains 52 editions from the 1955 volume of the Pacific Citizen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-27/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1956 Collection (ddr-pc-28)

The Pacific Citizen 1956 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1956.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-28/

Collection Pacific Citizen 1957 Collection (ddr-pc-29)

The Pacific Citizen 1957 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1957.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29/