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I experienced an early defining moment when I was a young twenty something reporter at The Rafu Shimpo in 1986. Before that, I had lived a relatively …
For journalists, there are stories, perhaps only a handful, that never leave you. That’s the way I feel about the Alan Hotel in Little Tokyo. …
Read Chapter Five >> As I make my way to the Koban Visitors Center, First Street in Little Tokyo is hopping. And I don’t mean just …
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“If California has made any contribution to sport on a national level, it is in the democratization of pursuits that were previously the prerogatives of …
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Read Part 1 >>Her life drastically changed the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s infamous words, “a date …
This is a paper that I wrote for my Intro to Asian American Studies class at UC Berkeley in Fall of 2010. When given the …
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When asked about their memories of Terminal Island, many Japanese Americans who spent their childhood there think “furusato,” home sweet home. In the early 1900s, …
My name is Frank Endo, age 81, and I reside in Gardena, California. I was born in Wilmington, California, on April 20, 1923. I had …
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Part 1 >>Together, Hanhichi and Taeno raised six children, the Nisei generation (second generation). They were: Masa (born October 26, 1912), James Hajime (born July …
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三重県・志摩市のアメリカ村から 一昨年から日本の海岸線を車で走る旅を続けている。一度にではなく、何度かにわけて神奈川県の自宅から出発して、日本列島…
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