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Oda,Margaret

Father's role in starting the Wailea Milling Company

(1925 - 2018) Nisei educator from Hawai‘i

Fujioka,Robert T.

Entering banking business

(b. 1952) Former banking executive, born in Hawaii

Oda,Harunori

Life Philosophy

(1927-2016) Shin-Issei businessman

Hoshiyama,Fred Y.

Becoming involved at JANM

(1914–2015) Nisei YMCA and Japanese American community leader

Kanemoto,Marion Tsutakawa

Living in Japan during the war, preparing for U.S. bombings

(b. 1927) Japanese American Nisei. Family voluntarily returned to Japan during WWII.

Inoue,Enson

Sudden acceptance in Japanese society

(b. 1967) Hawai`i-born professional fighter in Japan

Onchi,Toshiko Elena

The challenge for Peruvian children of going to school in Japan (Spanish)

Japanese Peruvian in Japan

Miyatake,Henry

The Scale of the Issue

(1929 - 2014) One of the earliest proponents behind the redress movement.

Kim,Young O.

They had to succeed

(1919 - 2006) World War II and Korean War veteran

Watanabe,Margarida Tomi

Donating clothes to the Japanese interns (Japanese)

(1900–1996) The mother of Nikkei Brazilian immigration

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