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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 1—Family Background, Life in Canada Before and During War
This series narrates the history of the Hyoshiro1 and Fujiye Hirai family, especially focusing on t…

Stan Kirk • Jan. 21, 2024

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British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps families forced removal Hirai family Japanese Canadians Lemon Creek internment camp Miki Hirai Shigeru Hirai Slocan Extension internment camps World War II World War II camps
British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps families forced removal Hirai family Japanese Canadians Lemon Creek internment camp Miki Hirai Shigeru Hirai Slocan Extension internment camps World War II World War II camps
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Tokita Tales
Maryknoll
Beacon Hill, or Queen Anne hill. Except a knoll is a small hill, probably one that is a lot smaller…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Jan. 19, 2024

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Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Catholicism concentration camps education Idaho Leopold Tibesar Maryknoll Minidoka concentration camp Seattle Shokichi "Shox" Tokita teaching United States Washington World War II camps
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Catholicism concentration camps education Idaho Leopold Tibesar Maryknoll Minidoka concentration camp Seattle Shokichi "Shox" Tokita teaching United States Washington World War II camps
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Obituary: Alan Nishio, 78; Beloved Civil Rights and Community Leader
Alan Takeshi Nishio passed away on Dec. 27 at his home in Gardena, surrounded by family, after batt…

The Rafu Shimpo • Jan. 15, 2024

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Alan Nishio civil rights leadership obituaries redress movement
Alan Nishio civil rights leadership obituaries redress movement
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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago
Chapter 5—Last Years in Chicago
Read Part 4 >> Reaching a Turning Point During the war, in a statement to Asia and the…

Takako Day • Jan. 14, 2024

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Chicago dentistry Illinois Isamu Tashiro Kimiko Mukai Tashiro medicine United States
Chicago dentistry Illinois Isamu Tashiro Kimiko Mukai Tashiro medicine United States
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Memorializing a Shared History Between Native and Japanese American Communities at Fort Lincoln
In September, I had the privilege of attending the ground blessing ceremony for the Snow Country …

Brian Niiya • Jan. 12, 2024

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American Indians Bismarck colleges Department of Justice camps Fort Lincoln internment camp historic sites history indigenous peoples Japanese Americans memorials Native Americans North Dakota Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial United States United Tribes Technical College World War II World War II camps
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Finding Joy in Cuba
It’s hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged. It’s a place t…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 11, 2024

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Cuba governments justice law politics Sharon Yamato travel United States
Cuba governments justice law politics Sharon Yamato travel United States
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Growing up with the Nikkei community
Medical technologist Pedro Ruiz's relationship with the Nikkei community began in 1980, when h…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Jan. 10, 2024

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Japanese language newspapers journalism journalists laboratory technicians La Union School (Lima, Peru) medical technologists newspapers Pedro Ruiz Peru Peru Shimpo (newspaper)
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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago
Chapter 4—In the Shadow of the War
Read Part 3 >> Defending Japan’s Position  Regarding his own position as a Jap…

Takako Day • Jan. 7, 2024

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Chicago generations Hawaii Illinois Isamu Tashiro Japan Nisei United States
Chicago generations Hawaii Illinois Isamu Tashiro Japan Nisei United States
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Tokita Tales
The Seattle Area
In my eighty-plus years on this planet, I’ve had the opportunity to look at and live in vario…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Jan. 5, 2024

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Seattle travel United States United States Air Force Washington
Seattle travel United States United States Air Force Washington
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The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part II—From Japan to Peru
Read Part 1 >>  In June 1938, Urbain-Marie Cloutier/Yonekawa was sent to Peru. During…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 3, 2024

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Amazon River Region Brazil Calixte Gelinas Canada Catholicism clergy Japan Lima Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries Peru Quebec religion Religious leaders Seitado Kitada
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