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Japanese and Japanese American students attended the University of Colorado in very small numbers i…

David M. Hays • May 9, 2014

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VC – A Quarter Century in Little Tokyo

Twenty-five years have passed in what seems only a few moments: the Little Tokyo years of VC. Its f…

John Esaki +1 • May 8, 2014

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The Boy Who Believed That Deportation Was an Adventure

Between 1942 and 1945, 1,771 Japanese nationals and their descendants in Peru were deported to the …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 7, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

It’s a thought that came to me while my wife and I were having breakfast at a diner recently&…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • May 7, 2014

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Oregon Plan

During the April 7, 1942 Salt Lake City governors’ meeting, George K. Aiken, executive secret…

Morgen Young +1 • May 6, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

From a Life History Interview with SAKAE TAKAHASHI

The 100th was Formally Organized When the war started, the Niseis who were drafted were already …

Japanese American National Museum • May 5, 2014

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Journal Entry #Down to 15 Winks A Night: "Undiscovered Country..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 3, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> “BASEBALL SAVED US” The coming of World War II brought upheaval …

Brian Niiya • May 2, 2014

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Encyclopedia of Nikkei Migration

United States - Migration Historical Overview

Between 1885 and 1924, approximately 200,000 Japanese arrived in Hawai'i and 180,000 immigrated to …

Akemi Kikumura Yano • May 2, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 1

Sport has played a major role in the life of Japanese American communities from the first establish…

Brian Niiya • May 1, 2014

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No Invisible Minority: Japanese Americans at the University of Colorado, 1910-1945 - Part 1

VC – A Quarter Century in Little Tokyo

The Boy Who Believed That Deportation Was an Adventure

The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Oregon Plan

From a Life History Interview with SAKAE TAKAHASHI

Journal Entry #Down to 15 Winks A Night: "Undiscovered Country..."

More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 2

United States - Migration Historical Overview

More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 1