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Reverend Aaron Allen Heist – A Profile in Courage
On November 6, 1943, the California State Assembly’s Committee on the Japanese Problem conven…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 28, 2022

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Aaron Allen Heist California religion Santa Maria United States
Aaron Allen Heist California religion Santa Maria United States
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Wakamatsu Colony - Part 5: The Ending of Sakichi’s Journey
Read Part 4 >> Sakichi Yanagisawa, formerly of the Wakamatsu Colony, returned to Japan in 19…

Junko Yoshida • March 23, 2022

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California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sakichi Yanagisawa United States Wakamatsu Colony
California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Sakichi Yanagisawa United States Wakamatsu Colony
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Choices for Japanese People Living in America
Yoshihiko Masuda, who lived in Canada and the United States as a resident
After deciding to become a permanent resident of Canada... Yoshihiko Masuda was stationed in Califo…

Keiko Fukuda • March 18, 2022

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California Canada expatriations generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Promised Land: A Family’s Story About Land Lost (But Saved) During Executive Order 9066 - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Saved Land When the Yoshioka family left their farm in San Jose for Utah the…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • March 16, 2022

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Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps Cortez farmers Hawaii San Joaquin Valley San Jose Thomas Yoshioka United States World War II World War II camps
Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps Cortez farmers Hawaii San Joaquin Valley San Jose Thomas Yoshioka United States World War II World War II camps
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Promised Land: A Family’s Story About Land Lost (But Saved) During Executive Order 9066 - Part 1
On Feb. 19, 2022, Thomas Yoshioka will be 101 years young. There’s not much to his secret, …

Kristen Nemoto Jay • March 15, 2022

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Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps farmers Hawaii San Jose Thomas Yoshioka United States World War II World War II camps
Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps farmers Hawaii San Jose Thomas Yoshioka United States World War II World War II camps
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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants
Toshiyuki Seino - Part 2: From the Lower Concentration Camp to the Tule Lake Concentration Camp
Read Part 1 >> The Seino family purchased a house in Hawthorne just before the war and ran a…

Masako Miki • March 14, 2022

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Arkansas California concentration camps generations Japanese Americans Kibei Nisei Rohwer concentration camp Toshiyuki Seino Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
Arkansas California concentration camps generations Japanese Americans Kibei Nisei Rohwer concentration camp Toshiyuki Seino Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps
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The Making of Hakone Gardens: An Entangled History of American Elites and Japanese Gardeners, 1915-1932
This is the story of Naoharu Aihara, Isabel Stine, and Hakone Gardens—a Japanese garden locat…

Eliane Schmid • March 3, 2022

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agriculture California gardening gardens Hakone Estate and Gardens Hakone Gardens Isabel Stine Japanese gardens Naoharu Aihara Saratoga (Calif.) United States
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Wakamatsu Colony - Part 2: Sakichi Yanagisawa’s Dream of California
Read Part 1 >> According to Sakichi Yanagisawa’s family koseki, he was born on July …

Junko Yoshida • Jan. 31, 2022

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California Sakichi Yanagisawa United States Wakamatsu Colony
California Sakichi Yanagisawa United States Wakamatsu Colony
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Takeshi Morita: A Mexican Fisherman Imprisoned in U.S. concentration camps
The Japanese attack on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 triggered war between the two c…

Sergio Hernández Galindo +1 • Jan. 21, 2022

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aquatic sports Baja California California Ensenada fishing generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mexico migration naturalized citizen San Diego Takeshi Morita temporary detention centers United States World War II World War II camps
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Wakamatsu Colony - Part 1: New Discoveries - Sakichi Yanagisawa, a Wakamatsu Colonist
“Come to think of it, it is quite a magnificent gravestone…” Kanako Yamaguchi, …

Junko Yoshida • Jan. 12, 2022

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California immigrants immigration migration Sakichi Yanagisawa United States Wakamatsu Colony
California immigrants immigration migration Sakichi Yanagisawa United States Wakamatsu Colony
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