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Interview with people involved in the "Camp Wall" that commemorates the 140,000 victims of the Japanese internment camps
Aiming for completion in February 2026
It is a widely known historical fact that many Japanese i…
Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 25, 2024
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Artist and Documentarian: The Life of Kango Takamura
What images come to mind when we think of the wartime experience of Japanese Americans? For many, t…
Jonathan van Harmelen +1 • Aug. 28, 2023
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The Power of Irei
Digging up Ways to Honor Her Ancestors—Kyoko Oda and Ireichō
Sometimes it takes a soft-spoken woman like Kyoko Oda to use her charm to make sure the lives of 12…
Sharon Yamato • Jan. 27, 2023
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JANM Volunteer Reflects on Southern California Roots and World War II Experiences
Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi has been volunteering at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) wi…
Helen Yoshida • May 30, 2022
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The Karma of Nations: the story of Rinban Kyoshiro Tokunaga
Flipping through an issue of Men’s Health magazine, one usually expects a combination of articles…
Jonathan van Harmelen • July 13, 2021
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Lessons From the World War II Experiences of Japanese Americans for Today’s Muslim Americans - Part 2
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My post about this discovery was seen by my Facebook friend June Aochi Berk, who is…
Daniel M. Mayeda • Oct. 3, 2017
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Lessons From the World War II Experiences of Japanese Americans for Today’s Muslim Americans - Part 1
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he was open to the idea of Muslims in the …
Daniel M. Mayeda • Oct. 2, 2017
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An “Immersion” Into Terminal Island Nikkei Lives
As an oral historian, I have always been addicted to reading obituaries, especially those relatin…
Arthur A. Hansen +1 • April 21, 2017
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A Conversation with Nancy Oda, President of the Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition
Nancy Oda was very happily retired when she learned about Tuna Canyon.
“Very happily retired,” she…
Mia Nakaji Monnier • April 8, 2017
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FBI Searches and Arrests: Imperial Valley, 1941–1942
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Tim Asamen • Sept. 1, 2016
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