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What’s the Cost of a Family Secret?
A California Writer on the Aunt He Never Knew He Had—and the Lessons She Taught Him Is the…

Joe Mathews • Feb. 27, 2024

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Alan Nishio—The Fighter Who Kept Defying the Odds
The first time I realized Alan Nishio’s health was in decline was on November 19, 2022 when I…

Guy Aoki • Feb. 26, 2024

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Alan Nishio civil rights communities health Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress redress movement
Alan Nishio civil rights communities health Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress redress movement
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Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters
Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Nor…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 23, 2024

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Japanese Americans terminology World War II World War II camps
Japanese Americans terminology World War II World War II camps
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The Unknown Great: Expanding History, Widening the Focus
Until recently, the history of Japanese Americans was documented almost wholly by looking at the WW…

Esther Newman • Feb. 12, 2024

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Greg Robinson history Japanese Americans Jonathan van Harmelen The Unknown Great (book)
Greg Robinson history Japanese Americans Jonathan van Harmelen The Unknown Great (book)
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Power of Our Stories
New Podcast Series Explores the Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration— Q&A with the Oral History Center’s Shanna Farrell
When oral historian Shanna Farrell began interviewing descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerate…

Anne Brice • Feb. 9, 2024

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Berkeley California From Generation to Generation (podcast) generational trauma healing identity imprisonment incarceration Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives (project) Japanese Americans Oral History Center (UC Berkeley) podcasts Shanna Farrell The Berkeley Remix (podcast) United States universities University of California, Berkeley World War II
Berkeley California From Generation to Generation (podcast) generational trauma healing identity imprisonment incarceration Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives (project) Japanese Americans Oral History Center (UC Berkeley) podcasts Shanna Farrell The Berkeley Remix (podcast) United States universities University of California, Berkeley World War II
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Is Your Family From Ucluelet on The West Coast of Vancouver Island?
Ucluelet occupies a special place in Japanese Canadian history. Beginning in 1916-20, as Japanese C…

Paul Kariya +1 • Feb. 8, 2024

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aquatic sports British Columbia Canada fishing Japanese Canadians prewar Vancouver Island
aquatic sports British Columbia Canada fishing Japanese Canadians prewar Vancouver Island
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Japanese in Chicago before the war
Umeko and Fudeko's Chicago
It is no exaggeration to say that every Japanese person knows about Umeko Tsuda, the Japanese women…

Takako Day • Feb. 7, 2024

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education Fudeko Watanabe Ishii Iwakura Mission teachers teaching Umeko Tsuda
education Fudeko Watanabe Ishii Iwakura Mission teachers teaching Umeko Tsuda
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“The Gold That Heals and Transforms”: A Conversation with Dr. Satsuki Ina
It’s an incredible honor for me to speak to Dr. Satsuki Ina. Ina is a Sansei activist, ther…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 7, 2024

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biographies Bismarck British Columbia Canada colleges historic sites history memoirs memorials North Dakota Satsuki Ina Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial The Poet and the Silk Girl (book) Ucluelet (B.C.) United States United Tribes Technical College Vancouver Island World War II camps
biographies Bismarck British Columbia Canada colleges historic sites history memoirs memorials North Dakota Satsuki Ina Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial The Poet and the Silk Girl (book) Ucluelet (B.C.) United States United Tribes Technical College Vancouver Island World War II camps
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Kim Weiskopf: Comedy Writer
The late television writer/producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023 at the age of 101, has been celeb…

Greg Robinson • Feb. 2, 2024

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authors comedy communication Eileen Ito Weiskopf information theory Jewish Japanese Americans Kim Weiskopf producers racially mixed people sociology telecommunication television writers
authors comedy communication Eileen Ito Weiskopf information theory Jewish Japanese Americans Kim Weiskopf producers racially mixed people sociology telecommunication television writers
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 7: Yamato Group's commitment to "Japanese flavors"
In the seventh episode, we spoke with Honda Minami, director of Yamato Group (represented by Honda …

Tomoko Oura • Feb. 2, 2024

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Brazil business cooking cuisine economics food Japanese business enterprises Japanese cuisine management restaurants São Paulo Yamato Comercial LDTA (firm)
Brazil business cooking cuisine economics food Japanese business enterprises Japanese cuisine management restaurants São Paulo Yamato Comercial LDTA (firm)
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