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The passing of Hugh Macbeth, Jr., who died in September 2019 at the age of 100, offers us an oppo…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 13, 2019

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Yellow Bowls And The Ugly Wartime History They Symbolize

The 120 bowls in varying shades of yellow are being taken to camps where innocent Japanese-American…

Denby Fawcett • Oct. 4, 2019

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5 Artists Who Explore Japanese-American Incarceration and Internment

By the time I was old, more importantly conscious, enough to ask my grandfather questions about his…

Brandon Shimoda • Sept. 11, 2019

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A Book Review - The Emperor's Orphans by Winnipeg's Sally Ito

“Going from being the ‘Jap’ in one country (Canada) to the ‘Yankee’ i…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 5, 2019

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10 Little Known Facts of Life at Minidoka

Located in Southern Idaho, Minidoka concentration camp opened on August 10, 1942 and held some 13,0…

Brian Niiya +1 • Sept. 2, 2019

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The Origin of the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate)

Five thousand Japanese Americans were in the US Army when WW II began on December 7, 1941. LTG John…

Japanese American Veterans Association • Aug. 9, 2019

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A journey of becoming ... with Toronto’s Lillian Michiko Blakey - Part 2

The continuation of Lillian Michiko Blakey's story. Read Part One >> Right after the c…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Aug. 1, 2019

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A journey of becoming ... with Toronto’s Lillian Michiko Blakey - Part 1

Dear Reader: When did you decide to become “Japanese Canadian” and did that choice com…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 31, 2019

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Interview With Thomas Girst On New German Translation Of "No-No Boy"

Congratulations to author and cultural manager Thomas Girst for providing the literary and historic…

Frank Abe • July 12, 2019

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Sansei: On Being Japanese American in a Time of Crisis

[In April 2017 I was asked to speak on what my Japanese American identity means to me, and how that…

Stanley N. Shikuma • July 10, 2019

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Japanese Americans and the legacy of Hugh Macbeth