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“No, I didn’t get discharged. I stayed (in the U.S. Army after World War II) and went to Korea,” said Jimmie Kanaya. As a teenager, …
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PORTLAND — The Rt. Rev. Diana D. Akiyama was ordained and consecrated as the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon on Jan. 30 at …
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Read Part 1 >> NEXT STOP: PORTLAND Our next stop was in Portland, Oregon to visit their magnificent Japanese Garden. When Nobuo Matsunaga, the former …
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At 93, legendary dance instructor Sahomi Tachibana remains at the center of Portland’s classical Japanese arts. PORTLAND — The years have understandably caught up with …
Read Part 1 >> Did you get the sense that for whatever reason, Minidoka’s security felt more relaxed than the other camps? In my diggings …
"The guard tower had a heavy duty machine gun. Of course no one was standing directly behind it but it looked in. Later as an …
Once he was our friendThe owner of the store nowBehaves nervouslyRefusing to sell us goods Shizue Iwatsuki1 With the war coming to an end, Oregon …
The sun was already high in the morning sky when the train slowed to a stop at the Portland Assembly Center north of Oregon’s biggest …
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Who does “Nikkeijin” refer to? Answering this question is not easy. Today they are defined as “Japanese immigrants who have moved overseas with the intention …
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The migration over to Southeast Portland on the first day of the year is something that I will always remember. There were the times when …
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