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Did you ever receive a can of Rice Krispies for Christmas? Or, did you ever think of giving a large…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 22, 2023

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Camp Survivor Recalls Killings at Manzanar

Jim Morita a concentration camp survivor of World War II was old enough at the time to see the im…

John Sammon • Dec. 1, 2023

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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 4

Read Part 3 >> The War A PROJECT FARM was being started at the camp, so Joe volunteered to …

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 26, 2023

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Episode 40: The story of a Japanese doctor in Australia during wartime

Detention Centers, Institutions for Disease Control, and Wavering Feelings It is well known that at…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 24, 2023

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Relearning our culture

This past May my senior prom was held at the Santa Anita Park race track. I dressed up, took pictur…

Alicia Tsuyako Tan • Nov. 21, 2023

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Continental Drift: How anti-Japanese sentiment in Australia affected Nikkei Communities in the US and Canada

During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to di…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 20, 2023

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The Kawamoto-Wipala Farm in Leland Washington: A Farm for the Ages — Part 3

Read Part 2 >> In a 1933 double wedding, Joe married Jean Nakata, and his sister Paul…

Pamela A. Okano • Nov. 19, 2023

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A New Look at Nisei Veterans: Lawrence Matsuda and Matt Sasaki’s Fighting for America

In recent years, Chin Music Press has produced a great run of graphic novels on the wartime Japanes…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 8, 2023

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The Legacy of Resistance: Nimura/Kashiwagi Family at Ireichō

I feel I have paid many times over for the position I took at Tule Lake.Certainly, you don’…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 1, 2023

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Historian Arthur A. Hansen on his latest book, Manzanar Mosaic

Arthur Hansen has spent the past 50 years researching and writing about the World War II Japanese A…

Nancy Matsumoto • Oct. 26, 2023

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