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80 Years of the 442nd
Some reading this may already know, but for those who don’t, I’m a proud descendent of …

Kristen Nemoto Jay • April 3, 2023

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Bruyères Cannon Company (42nd RCT) France hapa hapa haole Hawaii Honolulu Oahu racially mixed people United States United States Army Wilbert “Sandy” Holck
442nd Regimental Combat Team Bruyères Cannon Company (42nd RCT) France hapa hapa haole Hawaii Honolulu Oahu racially mixed people United States United States Army Wilbert “Sandy” Holck
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Japanese Women in Chicago
Part 2: For Women—Nihon Fujinkai
Read Part 1 >> Yone Shimazu formed Nihon Fujinkai, the Japanese Women’s Club in May …

Takako Day • April 2, 2023

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Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Women's Club (Chicago, Ill.) migration United States Yone Shimazu
Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Women's Club (Chicago, Ill.) migration United States Yone Shimazu
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #10, 18, and 1958 are Good: "Best Numbers..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 1, 2023

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cartoonists cartoons humor mathematics
cartoonists cartoons humor mathematics
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Book review: Beyond the Betrayal, The Memoir of a World War II Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience
Yoshito Kuromiya was one of 63 Nisei who resisted being drafted during World War II from the Heart …

Pamela A. Okano • March 31, 2023

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Arthur A. Hansen Beyond the Betrayal (book) biographies book reviews draft resisters Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee memoirs resisters reviews United States World War II camps Wyoming Yoshito Kuromiya
Arthur A. Hansen Beyond the Betrayal (book) biographies book reviews draft resisters Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee memoirs resisters reviews United States World War II camps Wyoming Yoshito Kuromiya
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Japanese media in the United States
No. 12 Sakura Radio, an internet radio station that reaches across the US
Connecting the community Sakura Radio, which is broadcast online from New York, started in October …

Keiko Fukuda • March 31, 2023

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communication internet radio Japanese language Japanese language radio languages Masato Fujiwara mobile apps New York (state) radio Sakura Radio (internet radio) sociology telecommunication United States
communication internet radio Japanese language Japanese language radio languages Masato Fujiwara mobile apps New York (state) radio Sakura Radio (internet radio) sociology telecommunication United States
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Of Inomatas and Kingis: The Story of a Remarkable Family
If ever there was an award offered for the most remarkable Japanese American family saga, one for…

Greg Robinson • March 30, 2023

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California citizenship Florida generations immigrants immigration intermarriage interracial marriages Issei janitors Japan Kinji Inomata Los Angeles marriages migration Pensacola racially mixed people United States U.S. Navy World War II
California citizenship Florida generations immigrants immigration intermarriage interracial marriages Issei janitors Japan Kinji Inomata Los Angeles marriages migration Pensacola racially mixed people United States U.S. Navy World War II
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Child Labor and Generational Business
Early Asian immigrants who came to the U.S. to earn a living and live the American Dream had limite…

Bill Yee • March 29, 2023

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business children economics family-owned businesses management
business children economics family-owned businesses management
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The Power of Irei
Living, Dying, and Passing It On—Alan Nishio Family at Ireichō
As Los Angeles skies began to clear after the first spell of frigid March rain, a three-generation …

Sharon Yamato • March 28, 2023

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Alan Nishio California concentration camps families imprisonment incarceration Ireichō Irei (project) Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
Alan Nishio California concentration camps families imprisonment incarceration Ireichō Irei (project) Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps
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The Uechi: brothers of Comadre and Compadre
The Uechi brothers have a very fraternal relationship with entrepreneurship and gastronomy. Carolin…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 27, 2023

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Café Compadre (firm) Carolina Uechi Diana Uechi Pepe Uechi Peru
Café Compadre (firm) Carolina Uechi Diana Uechi Pepe Uechi Peru
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Japanese Women in Chicago
Part 1: Yone Hara
Even though their population was very small, the Japanese in pre-war Chicago were still a…

Takako Day • March 26, 2023

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America McCutchen Drennan Chicago Christianity Christians generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Katsuji Kato migration Misaki Shimazu Osaka schools United States Wilmina School for Girls Yone Hara Yone Shimazu
America McCutchen Drennan Chicago Christianity Christians generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Katsuji Kato migration Misaki Shimazu Osaka schools United States Wilmina School for Girls Yone Hara Yone Shimazu
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