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Chapter 4—Memories of Their Parents’ Lives in Japan

Read Chapter 3 Memories of Their Mother May After being joined by John and the girls in Kyoto, Ma…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 23, 2025

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.)

Shigueko Unten, everyone's chodewa

The first thing that surprises you about Shigueko Unten is that she doesn't look anywhere near her …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Aug. 16, 2023

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) Battle of Okinawa dekasegi foreign workers gateball (sport) generations Japan Nikkei in Japan Nisei Okinawa Prefecture Peru Shigueko Unten sports U.S. Occupation Army World War II

Candies Falling from the Sky

I was drafted into the U. S. Army in June 1945 from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. After basic training i…

Kenichi “Ken” Sato • Jan. 15, 2023

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) families Fukushima Prefecture Hawai'i Japan Maui postwar Tohoku United States World War II

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Vol. 10 Maizuru, Cherry Blossoms, and Japanese American Soldiers

Sometime last year, I was in the non-fiction section of a bookstore when I came across a book call…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 24, 2022

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Quiet Warriors

Takashi Matsui

“They say, ‘History is written by the winners.’ Well, it’s not fair to try only the losers. What ab…

Mikiko Amagai • Nov. 3, 2021

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) armed forces generations Japanese Americans Kibei Nisei retired military personnel veterans World War II

A Veteran's Memories of Occupied Japan

Editor’s note: Edwin “Bud” Nakasone served in the U.S. Army as an interpreter during the occupation…

Edwin Nakasone • Aug. 16, 2021

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) armed forces generations interpreters linguists Nisei retired military personnel veterans war World War II

Reflections on Being Mixed, but Not Mixed Up

My mother was Japanese. My father was Black (African American). My father was Black. My mother was …

Curtiss Takada Rooks • July 6, 2020

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A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Takeshi (Tak) Matsuba

Part 4: Employment with the US Occupation Forces

Soon after moving to Japan Tak found work with the US occupation forces. While it included room and…

Stan Kirk • March 30, 2020

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Sporting Niseis of 1930s: Posing on Camera - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Tenning-san The man called “Tenning-san” refers to Jujiro Takenouchi (1869–1937)…

Yusuke Tanaka • March 6, 2020

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Mike & Tsuchino Forrester - Remembering the early days of an international marriage

What was it like for an Irish Catholic American man and a Japanese woman to get married during the …

Bruce Rutledge • May 13, 2019

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