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Twenty Thousand Cranes And More: Stories Behind Washington State's Tsuru For Solidarity and Crystal City, Texas
Twenty thousand, and more. As I type, twenty-five thousand origami cranes are being gathered in …

Tamiko Nimura • April 23, 2019

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Crystal City internment camp Crystal City Pilgrimage (event) Department of Justice camps imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations loss origami paper cranes pilgrimages separation Texas United States Washington World War II camps
Crystal City internment camp Crystal City Pilgrimage (event) Department of Justice camps imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations loss origami paper cranes pilgrimages separation Texas United States Washington World War II camps
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Sentei Yaki, a life dedicated to helping others
Hachizo Nakamura, a Japanese immigrant who died at the age of 80, never forgot the help he receiv…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato +1 • June 29, 2018

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Bolivia business Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps economics Japan loans management migration mutual aid organizations Okinawa Prefecture peer-to-peer loans Peru philanthropists Sentei Yaki tanomoshi Texas United States World War II World War II camps
Bolivia business Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps economics Japan loans management migration mutual aid organizations Okinawa Prefecture peer-to-peer loans Peru philanthropists Sentei Yaki tanomoshi Texas United States World War II World War II camps
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Walking (and Flying) Thousands of Miles in My Father’s Geta
If Dad were alive today, I think he would have been simultaneously embarrassed and proud that somet…

Michael Goro Takeuchi • Dec. 1, 2017

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Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps families imprisonment incarceration museums Texas United States World War II World War II camps
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Maru Hiratzka - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> How did they (Hiratzka family) come back to California?  Well, I was in Texas and …

Emiko Tsuchida • Aug. 22, 2017

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Arizona concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Ogden Texas United States Utah World War II camps
Arizona concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Ogden Texas United States Utah World War II camps
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Maru Hiratzka - Part 1
I know even in camp when it was declared Japan lost the war, some of these men were very adamant …

Emiko Tsuchida • Aug. 21, 2017

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Arizona California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Ogden temporary detention centers Texas Tulare temporary detention center United States Utah World War II camps
Arizona California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Ogden temporary detention centers Texas Tulare temporary detention center United States Utah World War II camps
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Isamu Carlos Shibayama and the Persecution of Japanese Latin Americans: A Pending Case
Isamu Carlos Shubayama, the son of Japanese immigrants, was born in Peru in 1931. When he was still…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • May 1, 2017

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Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Isamu Carlos Shibayama Japanese Peruvians Latin America Peru racism Redress movement Texas United States World War II World War II camps
Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Isamu Carlos Shibayama Japanese Peruvians Latin America Peru racism Redress movement Texas United States World War II World War II camps
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Nancy Yamamoto - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> So those were hard times. Once I was home for a girls’ meeting and I was intending …

Emiko Tsuchida • March 15, 2017

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California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Texas Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Nancy Yamamoto - Part 1
Once I was home for a girls’ meeting and I was intending to take the train back to San Francisco …

Emiko Tsuchida • March 14, 2017

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California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Texas Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
California concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Texas Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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Notable Japanese Americans
The 46th elementary school opening early next year in Chula Vista with a 47.5 million dollar budget…

Rio Imamura • June 28, 2016

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agriculture astronauts California Chula Vista Crystal City internment camp Daniel K. Inouye Department of Justice camps Ellison S. Onizuka farmers farming Fukutaro Muraoka generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kanae Nagasawa migration Saburo Muraoka San Diego Texas United States U.S. Senate World War II camps
agriculture astronauts California Chula Vista Crystal City internment camp Daniel K. Inouye Department of Justice camps Ellison S. Onizuka farmers farming Fukutaro Muraoka generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kanae Nagasawa migration Saburo Muraoka San Diego Texas United States U.S. Senate World War II camps
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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum
Yae Kanogawa Aihara
Of all the Japanese-speaking docents at the Japanese American National Museum today, Yae Kanogawa…

The Rafu Shimpo • Nov. 30, 2015

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps generations Idaho Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Minidoka concentration camp Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Nisei prisoner exchange Texas United States volunteerism World War II World War II camps Yae Aihara
British Columbia Burnaby Canada concentration camps Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps generations Idaho Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Minidoka concentration camp Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Nisei prisoner exchange Texas United States volunteerism World War II World War II camps Yae Aihara
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