Lifelines columnist Louise George Kittaka’s tribute to Jean Pearce can be found here.
Other tributes, from former U.S. diplomats and others, are posted here.
LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA – Jean Pearce, my mother, who for decades helped Japan's foreign community feel more at home in their adopted country through her columns in The Japan Times, passed away peacefully on June 14 at the age of 96 in Washington, D.C.
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