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A Japanese American Perspective on DEI and Citizenship

The new administration has made me contemplate how I fit into the new definitions being made and im…

Thomas M. Nishi • March 27, 2025

California diversity governments Japanese Americans politics United States universities

Aimaro Satō's diplomatic representation in Mexico

Minister Aimaro Satō (佐藤愛麿) was the second Japanese extraordinary envoy and minister plenipotenti…

Carlos Uscanga • Jan. 6, 2025

governments Japan Mexico politics

The Short but Sweet Political Career of George E. Outland—Part 1

As part of my ongoing study of the ways in which Congress shaped the lives of Japanese Americans in…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 11, 2024

California governments Japanese American Citizens League politics Santa Barbara (Calif.) United States United States Congress World War II World War II camps

Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered

Part III—the 1930s

Read Part II >> Ken Nakazawa would have defined himself as an internationalist. Throughout his ca…

Greg Robinson • May 26, 2024

1930s governments international relations journalism Ken Nakazawa politics

Finding Joy in Cuba

It’s hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged. It’s a place that has with…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 11, 2024

Cuba governments justice law politics Sharon Yamato travel United States

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 15 (Part 2) — Nisei’s Political Involvement in the Japanese American Citizens League

Read Chapter 15—Part 1 >> Establishment of Mothers’ Committee “JACL’s Mothers’ Committee and Its …

Ikuo Shinmasu • Sept. 6, 2023

generations governments Japanese language newspapers newspapers Nisei politics prewar Seattle The North American Times (Seattle) (newspaper) United States Washington

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 15 (Part 1 ) — Nisei’s Political Involvement in the Japanese American Citizens League

In the last chapter, I wrote about the university that Nisei attended. In this chapter, I would lik…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Sept. 5, 2023

generations governments Japanese language newspapers newspapers Nisei politics prewar Seattle The North American Times (Seattle) (newspaper) United States Washington

Death of Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices aimed at promoting diversity and equal opport…

Drew Yamamura • Aug. 6, 2023

affirmative action education governments law policies racism students United States Supreme Court

Our Man on the Hill: Sidney Yates — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In January 1952, Masaoka again approached Yates for a private bill. Unlike the othe…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Feb. 21, 2023

Chicago governments Illinois legislators politics Sidney R. Yates United States

Our Man on the Hill: Sidney Yates — Part 1

The wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans resulted in thousands of former inmates migrating t…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Feb. 20, 2023

Chicago governments Illinois legislators politics Sidney R. Yates United States

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