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In a survey conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2007, 5-pin bowling ranked #4 on a list of Canada’s 50 greatest inventions. The …
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Takashi and Shizuko (nee: Mori) Kato and their two children, Roy Shigehisa and Ikuko, moved from Inglewood to West Los Angeles just prior to evacuation …
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Gaining early educational release from incarceration at Gila River War Relocation Center in 1943, my Nisei grandparents moved to St. Paul, MN, where my grandfather …
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A federal prison was built on Alcatraz Island in California, in the United States, which became known as the impossible-to-break “prison island” and was later …
“I won’t sell. You can murder me, you can throw me into the sea, and I won’t sell.” Mr. Jukichi Harada’s sharp yet courageous response …
In March we looked at length at the history of Japanese American forced relocation to Pittsburgh, where an old North Side orphanage was to house …
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Richmond, California, in the year 1942 calls to mind the bustle of naval shipyards and a whirlwind of housing construction. A semi-rural town before World …
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“I can still recall the pit in my stomach as I read full-page ads urging Japanese American residents not to return to their community from …
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My mother was always reminding me to eat every grain of rice from my bowl: “Hito tsubu mo nokosanaide tabenasai.” It’s the equivalent of “Clean …
The war is over and parts of the country, including parts of the capitol, are in ruins. US military forces move in as occupiers, serving …
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