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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered
Part I—The Early Years
Prominent among the few Issei to be accepted in mainstream American culture in the years befor…

Greg Robinson • May 12, 2024

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biographies California Fukushima Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan journalism Los Angeles migration Oregon plays Portland (Or.) prewar Tohoku United States University of Southern California
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How Do We Remember Japanese American History? A Descendant's Perspective
The following is adapted from a talk I gave at Plymouth Church in Seattle in February 2024. Good a…

Tamiko Nimura • April 4, 2024

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artists California concentration camps Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States World War II camps
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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines
In 1988, when Gene Oishi’s memoir was originally published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, …

Ana Iwataki • March 24, 2024

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biographies California Gene Oishi generations heritage identity In Search of Hiroshi (book) memoirs Nisei trauma United States World War II camps Yonsei
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Gratitude for Art Hansen—“A Gifted Mentor and Inspiration”
Among specialists in Japanese American history, few have made such an enduring contribution as Arth…

Greg Robinson +1 • March 18, 2024

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Arthur A. Hansen historians life interviews oral histories scholars
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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Chapter 18 - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> One Sansei told me when he went to Japan, he was delighted to see that there …

Gene Oishi • March 17, 2024

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biographies Gene Oishi heritage history identity In Search of Hiroshi (book) memoirs postwar World War II World War II camps
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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Chapter 18 — Part 1
I had long thought that I and probably most Japanese Americans of my generation were mental cripple…

Gene Oishi • March 10, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Preface
It has been more than three decades since In Search of Hiroshi was published by the Charles E. Tutt…

Gene Oishi • March 3, 2024

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biographies concentration camps education Gene Oishi heritage identity In Search of Hiroshi (book) memoirs teaching 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
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Book Review—White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver
“Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise yet again, especially since 2020 with the COVID-19…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 29, 2024

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Asian Canadians book reviews British Columbia Canada Canadians Henry Tsang history racism reviews tours Vancouver (B.C.) Vancouver riots walking tours White Riot (book)
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