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The Journey of the Family of the Western River—Part 1: A Look into the Life of the Nishikawa Family (1921–1945)

Immigration to Mexico has been a constant phenomenon throughout its history, driven by various wave…

Ana Karina Martínez Lorenzo • April 21, 2025

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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered

Part IV—After Pearl Harbor

Read Part 3 >> Ken Nakazawa was arrested by FBI agents on December 7, 1941, in the wake of Japan…

Greg Robinson • June 2, 2024

1940s ABC list biographies California concentration camps Department of Justice camps enemy aliens Fort Missoula internment camp journalism Ken Nakazawa Montana MS Gripsholm (ship) noncitizens Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941 persons repatriation Terminal Island United States World War II World War II camps

The Spirit of Shinobu - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Sally’s earliest memories are of playing with Bernice and Beatrice Wong in back of …

Carlyn Leinani Tani • Aug. 19, 2022

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Where to Bury Me

I awoke this morning to memories of the cowboy lament, “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.” Perhaps t…

Susan Yamamura • March 31, 2020

Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941 traditions

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

December

For this final column of 2017, I chose to focus on the broad possibilities this month provides—it l…

Daisuke Shen +2 • Dec. 21, 2017

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In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon

Chapter 6 — Pearl Harbor: Days of Anguish and Confusion

We have spent two-thirds of our lives in the United States and we feel we are more American than …

Eiichiro Azuma • Nov. 27, 2017

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Tessaku

Kay Ikuma

One of the hardest things was getting immersed back into society, like taking the bus to school s…

Emiko Tsuchida • July 27, 2017

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Tessaku

Fusae Yoshida - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> [To Fusae] Do you remember a conversation that your parents had with you over movin…

Emiko Tsuchida • Feb. 28, 2017

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Tessaku

Fusae Yoshida - Part 1

“When he came back to Tule Lake where we were, he got off the bus, and he was an old man. To this…

Emiko Tsuchida • Feb. 27, 2017

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The war of hate and persecution against Japanese emigrants in America. NEVER FORGET

For the millions of Mexicans and resident muslims in United States On the afternoon of December 7, …

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Dec. 7, 2016

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