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Read an interview with Earl Santo >> Helen, could you introduce yourself with your full name, your birthday, and where you were born? Helen Hiroko Kodama ...
Read Part 1 >> While the family was in camp, the Canadian government was doing everything in its power to rid the Japanese Canadians from British ...
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Read Part 1 >> Support for Nikkei Communities Before World War II, Japanese overseas migration projects were conducted by the central government, prefectural governments and private ...
Japanese emigrants and their descendants have played an important role in the development of Brazil for more than a century. In this article, we look ...
I was surrounded by thousands of passengers; many were Japanese immigrants just like me. But amidst the hustle and bustle of all these travelers who ...
The untouched ground of AmericaI began to hoeThis virgin soil. Honda Fugetsu1 During the 1900s, many Japanese immigrants moved into agricultural work. At first, the ...
Working as a hop pickerIt is impossible toReturn to Japan Honda Fugetsu1 Before 1910, the majority of the Oregon Japanese population were male laborers who ...
The History of the Issei Pioneers in Oregon, 1880 – 1952 Between 1843 and 1860, more than 250,000 pioneers began the journey across the Oregon ...
I sometimes refer to the Imperial Valley as my little inaka corner of the world. Literally translated, inaka (田舎) means “the countryside” or “one’s ...
To create the farming oasis called the Imperial Valley, in 1901 water from the Colorado River was diverted to the middle of the desert that ...
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