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Memories from the Volga
I am 85 years old this year and have many memories from my more than half a century of life as an i…
Hideo Maruki • Aug. 31, 2020
Part 6: Children of immigrants make national contributions
Read Part 5 >> To celebrate Okamoto's great achievement, a victory celebration called the…
Masayuki Fukasawa • July 27, 2020
Part 5: How a flying fish changed Okamoto’s fate
Read Part 4 >> In the documentary film "O nadador – A história de Tetsuo Okamoto" (…
Masayuki Fukasawa • July 20, 2020
Part 4: Anti-Vargasist sports promotion policies
Read Part 3 >> A surprising connection from before the war Research revealed that Padilha had…
Masayuki Fukasawa • July 13, 2020
Making a Splash: Nikkei Role Models in Swimming
I joined a swim team in Southern California when I was 8 years old and before I knew it, swimming…
Kate Iio • July 7, 2020
Part 3: The unsung hero, Director Padilha
Read Part 2 >> The Director of the São Paulo State Sports Bureau who gave permission to fly t…
Masayuki Fukasawa • July 6, 2020
Part 2: A ray of hope in the midst of hardship for Japanese immigrants
Read Part 1 >> At the US-led Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Rio in Janu…
Masayuki Fukasawa • June 29, 2020
First medal in swimming at the 1st Helsinki Olympics
Nisei swimmer Tetsuo Okamoto (born 1932 - died 2007) brought the first Olympic medal to both Brazil…
Masayuki Fukasawa • June 22, 2020
Sporting Niseis of 1930s: Posing on Camera - Part 2
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Tenning-san
The man called “Tenning-san” refers to Jujiro Take…
Yusuke Tanaka • March 6, 2020
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Slocan City internment camp
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U.S. Occupation Army
Vancouver Asahi (baseball team)
Vancouver (B.C.)
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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
baseball
British Columbia
Camp Otsu
Canada
generations
Japan
Japanese Canadians
Jujiro Takenouchi
Nisei
prewar
Shiga Prefecture
Shozo Miyanishi
skiing
Slocan City internment camp
sports
swimming
U.S. Occupation Army
Vancouver Asahi (baseball team)
Vancouver (B.C.)
World War II
World War II camps
