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In July-August 2019, the National Convention of JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) will be meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. Up for consideration is Resolution ...
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Masako Iwawaki Murakami’s parents seldom talked about the years the family spent in an American concentration camp during WWII. Masako was 8 years old ...
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It was not until her mother died that Satsuki Ina came to understand the historic event that deeply affected her family—a part of World ...
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A recent film on Santa Fe, Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe, according to the film’s writer/director ...
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“How was the pilgrimage?”It’s a question I and other pilgrims have been asked many times since returning from the 2009 Tule Lake Pilgrimage ...
On May 8, 1942, I moved from South Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California, to East Palo Alto in San Mateo County to be ...
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75年前のいまごろ、アメリカの太平洋岸地域に住む日本人・日系人は、前年末の日米開戦によって、強制的に立ち退きを命ぜられ ...
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第二次大戦時の日系人強制収容は、米国史における大きな「汚点」として、1988年に当時のレーガン大統領が謝罪、収容された人たちには一人2万ドルの補償金が支払われたが、一方で、日本舞踊や詩吟、そして各種の文芸まで、収容所の中でさまざまな日本文化が育っていったのも事実だった。収容所が大勢の人たちに、日本文化との「出会いの場」となったのだ。仏教と出合った人もいた。後に曹洞宗北米別院禅宗寺の婦人会会長を務める長谷川良子さん(86)も、そんな一人だった。 戦争が始まった年の春、長谷川さんは米国に戻った。出身はカリフォルニア州北部の街ヘイワード。6歳の時に両親に連れられて神奈川県小田原市へ。二人の弟とともに祖父母の下に預けられ、以来 ...
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