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Michie Hiramuro, Jorge Ito and Ernesto Matsumoto: Japanese-Mexicans who suffered the war in Japan
On September 2, 1945, the Pacific War officially came to an end. Aboard the battleship USS Missouri…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Sept. 30, 2020

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bombings bombs generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Japanese Mexicans Mexico Nisei Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture World War II
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Fujie Yamasaki, Well-Liked War Bride
Fujie Yamasaki is a person who many readers know. For many years, she was a regular presence at the…

David Yamaguchi • Sept. 23, 2020

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aerial bombings Bombing of Tokyo (Japan, 1945) bombings bombs brides Fujie Yamasaki generations immigrants immigration incendiary bombs Issei Japan migration Nisei postwar Seattle Shin-Issei United States war brides Washington wives World War II
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“Thirty Minutes Over Oregon” Introduces Children to the Complexity of War and Friendship
When we talk about World War II, it’s often in terms of major milestones: the racist incarceration …

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 26, 2019

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authors bombings bombs books children's books library materials Oregon publications Thirty Minutes Over Oregon (book) United States World War II
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Immigration—Missing Link in Japanese History: Why Are There So Many Okinawan Immigrants? – Part 1
In Japan, Okinawans have been in conflict with their government over the US base relocation. The wo…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Aug. 18, 2015

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Battle of Okinawa bombings bombs Brazil immigrants immigration Japan migration Nikkei Okinawa Prefecture population United States World War II
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Thread of Life: Strength, Survival, and a Singer Sewing Machine
“Objects have the longest memories of all; beneath their stillness they are alive with the terror…

Sharon Yamato • April 9, 2015

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bombings bombs Japan life interviews oral histories seamstresses sewing sewing machines ships Tatsuta Maru (ship) World War II
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Nanka Nikkei Voices
How Did a Japanese-English Dictionary Help Secure Our Family Ties?
The dictionary in question is the New Kenkyusha Japanese-English Dictionary, published in Tokyo in …

Harry K. Honda • Jan. 24, 2014

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bombings bombs families Japan Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Kyushu languages Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture Nanaka Nikkei Voices (series) publications World War II
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From Above
The headline Portraits and memories of those who survived the war, in the Book Section of the onlin…

Edward Moreno • June 15, 2012

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atomic bomb survivors bombings bombs hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kyushu Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture photography World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #7600-Pounds: "History Blows (Up!)..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 26, 2011

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