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The first time I realized Alan Nishio’s health was in decline was on November 19, 2022 when I attended the funeral of beloved NCRR co-founder …
Alan Takeshi Nishio passed away on Dec. 27 at his home in Gardena, surrounded by family, after battling cancer for more than 17 years. He …
This is the second of two outstanding books by eminent historian and journalist Greg Robinson consisting primarily of his “The Great Unknown and the Unknown …
Read Part 1 >> Following their wedding, James and Mari Michener went on an extended honeymoon in Hawaii and Australia. In the period that followed, …
One arena of public life in which Japanese Americans have achieved great visibility during the 20th century is the arts. A constellation of brilliant Nisei …
Read Part 1 >> After law school, Yamamoto began working for legal aid and eventually worked as a public defender for the Los Angeles Public …
“What we do for money will support us, what we do for free will define us." – Mia Yamamoto Mia Yamamoto is a Japanese American, …
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In the column I wrote some time ago on the Nisei photographer Yoichi Okamoto, who served as official photographer in the White House during the …
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Read Part 1 >> Eugene Rostow’s twin articles appeared in late summer 1945. The overall thesis of both pieces was that the indefinite “internment” of …
In the annals of civil rights, a special place should be reserved for Eugene Rostow. In 1945, even as Japanese Americans remained confined in camps …
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