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Japanese Incarceration: Making a Difference One Person at a Time
My name is Marissa, and I'm a Girl Scout from South San Jose, California. I love the smell of coffe…
Marissa Shoji • Aug. 12, 2020
Making Do: Sukeichi Kameoka in Detention and His Family at Home
Sukeichi Kameoka was born on April 24, 1888, in Kojiro-mura, Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan. He h…
Marissa Shoji • March 24, 2020
Miyoshi Yokota Okamura: Japanese Picture Bride
If you were walking down the street in Pocatello, Idaho on a Saturday in the 1960’s, there …
Julie Okamura • June 20, 2018
Hatsumi Imagawa’s Return to America
I was surrounded by thousands of passengers; many were Japanese immigrants just like me. But amid…
Jennifer Chen • June 6, 2018
The Angel Island Story of Kane Mineta, Norman Mineta’s mother
Americans know Norman Mineta as the first Asian American in a presidential cabinet, when he was sec…
Grant Din • April 13, 2018
The Shigenaga Brothers’ Detention on Angel Island and the Continent During World War II
Kakuro’s life in Hawai`i and arrest
Kakuro Shigenaga was born in the Hibagun district of H…
Grant Din • Nov. 10, 2015
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Nentaro Ide's Detention at the Age of 75
Nentaro (also known as Toshitaro or Mantaro) Ide was born in Fukuoka, Japan on October 13, 1867, an…
Grant Din • Sept. 10, 2015
Rev. Asataro Yamada's Detention on Angel Island Due to His Religious Practices
Born in Aki-gun, Japan in 1878, Asataro Yamada first came to the United States in 1898 into the por…
Grant Din • May 29, 2015
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Journalist Yasutaro Soga’s Detention on Angel Island During World War II
Japanese immigrants were arrested by the FBI on both the mainland U.S. and the islands of the Terri…
Grant Din • May 14, 2015
Chokichi Satow – “Double Angel” Detained on Angel Island at Least Twice
Satow was born in Miyagi-ken, Japan on January 15, 1885. He first arrived in San Francisco in 190…
Grant Din • May 5, 2015