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Wally Kaname Yonamine

(b.1925) Nisei of Okinawan descent. Had a 38-year career in ...

Ryoichi Kodama

Kasato-maru immigrants

Kishi Bashi

(b. 1975) Musician, composer, and songwriter

Takayo Fischer

(b. 1932) Nisei American stage, film, and TV actress

Mitsuo Ito

(b.1924) Japanese Canadian Nisei. Interpreter for British Army in Japan ...

Alfredo Kato

(b. 1937) Professional journalist

Michelle Yamashiro

Okinawan American whose parents are from Peru.

Howard Kakita

(b. 1938) Japanese American. Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor

Wayne Miyata

(1942–2005) Surfer and surfboard artist.

Hideto Futatsugui

(b.1911) Issei educator

Fred Korematsu

(1919 - 2005) Challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066.

Jean Hamako Schneider

(b. 1925) War bride

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Episode 5

Featured Nima:
Jay Horinouchi

Guest Host:
Soji Kashiwagi

Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families and Communities

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