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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Chapter 10 (Part 1) History of the North American Times—Early Days
In the last chapter, I wrote about the development of the Japanese hotel industry. In this chapter,…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Nov. 9, 2022

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Japanese language newspapers newspapers prewar Seattle The North American Times (Seattle) (newspaper) United States Washington
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Yukuo Uyehara – An Issei Academic in Wartime - Part 1
Before U.S. entry in World War II, a small group of Japanese immigrants found work as academics in …

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 26, 2022

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academics (persons) generations Hawaii Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Oahu prewar United States universities University of Hawaii at Mānoa Yukuo Uyehara
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A record of my mother, born in Manchuria, who returned to Japan after the war
Part 1: Life in Manchuria
"Maybe he was a Japanese orphan." When I was in high school, people called "Chinese …

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 5, 2022

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China Manchuria prewar
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds
My grandfather, Wakaji Matsumoto, traveled across the Pacific Ocean to help his father in a forei…

Karen Matsumoto • Sept. 20, 2022

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agriculture atomic bomb brides California families family histories farming genealogy generations Hawaii Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture household employees immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography picture brides postwar prewar Southern California Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto wives World War II
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On Nikkei
Part 9: Vladivostok, the Japanese Footprints
The closest European country to Japan In the previous article (No. 8) , we mentioned the Japanese s…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 10, 2022

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arts ballet business communities economics Japan management migration prewar Russia Siberia Vladivostok
arts ballet business communities economics Japan management migration prewar Russia Siberia Vladivostok
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Otto and Iris Yamaoka: Asian Actors in 1930s Hollywood - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Iris Yamaoka actually started her film career before her older brother Otto. …

Greg Robinson • April 18, 2022

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acting actors artists entertainers Hollywood films Iris Yamaoka prewar
acting actors artists entertainers Hollywood films Iris Yamaoka prewar
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Otto and Iris Yamaoka: Asian Actors in 1930s Hollywood - Part 1
As readers of this column know, I have done a great deal of research in recent years on the panoply…

Greg Robinson • April 17, 2022

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acting actors artists entertainers Hollywood films Otto Yamaoka prewar
acting actors artists entertainers Hollywood films Otto Yamaoka prewar
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Sporting Niseis of 1930s: Posing on Camera - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Tenning-san The man called “Tenning-san” refers to Jujiro Take…

Yusuke Tanaka • March 6, 2020

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) baseball British Columbia Camp Otsu Canada generations Japan Japanese Canadians Jujiro Takenouchi Nisei prewar Shiga Prefecture Shozo Miyanishi skiing Slocan City internment camp sports swimming U.S. Occupation Army Vancouver Asahi (baseball team) Vancouver (B.C.) World War II World War II camps
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Sporting Niseis of 1930s: Posing on Camera - Part 1
In 1930, Vancouver’s Asahi baseball team won the Terminal League Championship for their secon…

Yusuke Tanaka • March 5, 2020

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baseball British Columbia Canada Fuji Ski Club (organization) generations Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club Japanese Canadians Jimmie Fumito Horio Nisei prewar rugby Shozo Miyanishi skiing sports swimming Vancouver Asahi (baseball team) Vancouver (B.C.) Victor Starffin
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Marie Rose Wong, Community Chronicler Turns Her Eye to Prewar Nikkei Baseball
Dr. Marie Rose Wong of Seattle University is one of our foremost chroniclers of life in the Interna…

Bruce Rutledge • March 22, 2019

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baseball Marie Rose Wong prewar Seattle United States Washington
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