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Part 60: A story of fighting the enemy and discrimination—Reading "Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II"

It has been 80 years since the end of the war, and with almost no living witnesses to the war remai…

Ryusuke Kawai • April 11, 2025

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Her Name Tag Reads “Friend of the Vets”: Stacey Hayashi Shares Stories of da Nisei Veterans

In high school Stacey Hayashi, 49, remembahs reading just one tiny paragraph in her textbook abou…

Lee A. Tonouchi • March 5, 2025

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The Last Bugle: Commemorating the 442nd Regimental Combat Team through Film

Filmmaker Burt Takeuchi is creating a web series based on the true story of a renowned Japanese Ame…

Burt Takeuchi • Nov. 23, 2024

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 6: Sabro and Arthur Tashiro - Multitalented Brothers

In this column, I will round out my history of the amazing family of Aijiro and Nao Tashiro by disc…

Greg Robinson • April 12, 2024

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Man Uses Historic Fiction to Portray Heroism of the 442nd

There have been non-fiction history books about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, but Andrew Lam …

John Sammon • March 25, 2024

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The House I Live In: Frank Sinatra and Japanese Americans

Archival research is often like gambling; either you get boxes of files that either contain golden …

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 31, 2024

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The Poker Table—Part 4

Read Part 3 >> It was late in the afternoon, almost five o’clock, when Dad and I dropped off Tanak…

Alden M. Hayashi • Oct. 30, 2023

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The Poker Table—Part 3

Read Part 2 >> That Saturday, when I arrived at my parents’ house to pick up Dad, he was already s…

Alden M. Hayashi • Oct. 23, 2023

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 2: Ken Tashiro—Journalist

Read Part 1 >> Aijiro and Nao Tashiro had five children who had distinctive (and distinct) careers…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 20, 2023

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The Poker Table—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Today, talk of his poker gang’s tanomoshi has made Dad uncharacteristically nostalg…

Alden M. Hayashi • Oct. 16, 2023

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