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Bay Area Woman Turns Love of Softball into Coaching Career
Shannon Mortimer has been instrumental in helping to grow women’s softball into the major sport i…
John Sammon • April 14, 2023
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Keiro Superstar: Yosh Arima
At 91 years old, Yosh Arima has lived a full life of teaching, traveling, playing sports, and surro…
Keiro • June 22, 2021
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Tessaku
Yosh Uchida - Part 2
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So can you describe leaving for Arkansas? That’s where you did your basic training?…
Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 31, 2020
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Tessaku
Yosh Uchida - Part 1
“I like to have my grandchildren know about it, where they’re from and what happened to their gra…
Emiko Tsuchida • Dec. 30, 2020
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Love of the Game Propels Bay Area Man into Basketball Big Time
It’s an incongruous sight, five-foot-four-inch Kyle Nishimoto on a basketball court craning his n…
John Sammon • Oct. 23, 2018
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Olympic Medalist Tommy Kono Dies at 85
Tommy Tamio Kono, who won three Olympic medals in weightlifting and became head coach of the U.S. O…
The Rafu Shimpo • May 30, 2016
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
More Than A Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present—Part 2
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“BASEBALL SAVED US”
The coming of World War II brought upheaval to the Japanese Am…
Brian Niiya • May 2, 2014
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
More Than A Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present—Part 1
Sport has played a major role in the life of Japanese American communities from the first establish…
Brian Niiya • May 1, 2014
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