Search | Journal | Discover Nikkei

Read Part 5 >> Keeping B.C. “White Only” Long before the war, there wa…

Frank Maikawa • April 10, 2013

Bridge River internment camp British Columbia Canada generations imprisonment incarceration Japantowns Nisei Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) racism streets Vancouver (B.C.) World War II World War II camps

An encounter that was infinitely far away

父の日記（2）横山家の思い出

81歳で他界した父は、神戸港を1933年2月に出航したありぞな丸で、移民として19歳の時、一人で来伯した。その父の古い日記帳をめくっていたら「船中思い出」と言う題で、1940年11月23日に書かれた…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • April 9, 2013

Amazon River Region Arizona Maru (ship) Belém Brazil diaries generations Hyogo Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kobe migration Peru ships

Readings of Identity: Asian American Portraits of Encounter

Renowned portrait artist Steve Pyke has said that he is interested in the story each face has to te…

Patricia Wakida • April 9, 2013

arts Asian Americans exhibitions identity Portraiture Now (exhibition) Smithsonian Institution

Enemy Alien: An American Sansei’s Story - Part 2 of 3

Read Part 1 >> How did 9-11 change your thinking of yourself as a JA? The larger JA comm…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 8, 2013

Arab Americans concentration camps discrimination enemy aliens equality generations imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations justice Konrad Aderer law noncitizens persons Sansei social justice Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps

Journal Entry #11 Incarnations So Far: "Doctor! Doctor!..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • April 6, 2013

cartoonists cartoons humor physicians

Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Legalizing Detention: Segregated Japanese Americans and the Justice Department’s Renunciation Program - Part 4 of 9

Read Part 3 >>End of Army OccupationThe WRA and the Army had very different organizational dy…

Barbara Takei • April 5, 2013

California concentration camps Daihyo Sha Kai Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group) imprisonment incarceration no-no boys renunciation Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II World War II camps Years of Infamy (book)

あのときの少年たちはいずこへ ― 沖縄県系日系二世ピーター・オオタさんと沖縄の少年兵たち - その1/3

オオタさん“だけ”の戦争体験オレンジ郡はタスティン（Tustin）市内に住むピーター・オオタ（Peter Ota）さんは、沖縄出身（現在の沖縄県うるま市）の日系一世を父に持つ…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • April 4, 2013

Angel Island (Calif.) armed forces Battle of Okinawa California child soldiers generations Hawaii Japan Nisei Okinawa Prefecture retired military personnel soldiers Tekketsu Kinnotai United States veterans World War II

Fishing as a Form of Defiance: Cory Shiozaki and "The Manzanar Fishing Club"

In 2004, The Los Angeles Times published an article about a mysterious man, identified only as &ldq…

Nancy Matsumoto • April 4, 2013

aquatic sports California concentration camps Cory Shiozaki documentaries films fishing Manzanar concentration camp Richard Imamura The Manzanar Fishing Club (film) United States World War II World War II camps

The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 5 of 12

Read Part 4 >> Growing Up Nisei In Pre-WW2 Vancouver I remember playing war games w…

Frank Maikawa • April 3, 2013

British Columbia Burnaby Canada generations Hastings Park temporary detention center imprisonment incarceration Japanese language schools Japantowns language schools Meiwa Gakuin Nisei Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.) racism streets temporary detention centers Vancouver (B.C.) World War II World War II camps

The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

パラグアイでラテンアメリカ日系社会の展望を議論

パラグアイは、南米中部に位置しており、アスンシオン国際空港で売られているTシャツには「CORAZON DE AMERICA（アメリカ（南米）の心臓）」と描かれている。内陸の国で、ブラジルとアルゼンチ…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • April 2, 2013

Nikkei in Latin America Paraguay

Journal Search

The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 6 of 12