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I experienced an early defining moment when I was a young twenty something reporter at The Rafu Shimpo in 1986. Before that, I had lived a relatively …
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Gaining early educational release from incarceration at Gila River War Relocation Center in 1943, my Nisei grandparents moved to St. Paul, MN, where my grandfather …
Read part 1 >> Few people realize it, but the city of Vancouver began in Japantown, not Gastown. The Hastings Mill was located on the waterfront at …
U. Morimoto & Co. dry goods rented a storefront at 328 Powell St. for only two years, in 1920 and 1921. But nine decades later, …
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Read Part 1 >> Incidents in Southwood, a suburb just south of San Francisco, and Garden Grove in Orange County demonstrated shifts in public opinion …
“Years of media abetted conditioning to the possibility of war, invasion, and conquest by waves and waves of fanatic emperor worshiping yellow men,” the late …
The archives of local newspapers trace the brief history of Pittsburgh’s involvement in the imprisonment and forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II. …
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人々が出会う場所 ロサンゼルス周辺の日本人や日系人で、敬老のことを知らない人はいないだろう。1960年代、故フレッド和田さんを中心とする8人の日系…
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Nikkeis de São Paulo conseguem colocar em prática um sonho acalentado por muitos hoje em dia, principalmente aqueles que estão próximos da tão esperada aposentadoria. …
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Hay en Lima un lugar reservado para los nikkei de más edad, un lugar apacible que más que un asilo o un refugio como los …
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