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Kawakami,Barbara

Helping soldiers

An expert researcher and scholar on Japanese immigrant clothing.

Konishi,Toshiro

Bento menu for hostage incident (Japanese)

(b. 1962) Japanese restaurant owner and chef in Peru

Hirabayashi,James

Gordon's parents' experience in prison

(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Uyeda,Clifford

Recalling President Carter’s signing of the Commission bill

(1917 - 2004) Political activist

Yamasaki,Frank

Making the decision to resist the draft

(b. 1923) Nisei from Washington. Resisted draft during WWII.

Sakane,Hiroshi

President Fujimori as elected by Peru's general public (Japanese)

(b. 1948) Executive Director of Amano Museum

Inoue,Enson

The reason for coming to Japan

(b. 1967) Hawai`i-born professional fighter in Japan

Calloway,Terumi Hisamatsu

Missing Home (Japanese)

(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

Naganuma,Jimmy

Postwar sponsorship (Inglês)

(b. 1936) Japanese Peruvian incarcerated in Crystal City

Yamano,Jane Aiko

Having patience in Japan, being both

(b.1964) California-born business woman in Japan. A successor of her late grandmother, who started a beauty business in Japan.

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