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The JABA Legacy Project: Patricia Kinaga—Attorney, Activist, and Mother Who Has Given a Voice to Those Who Don’t Have One

On July 24, 2021, I had the privilege of interviewing Ms. Patricia Kinaga: an attorney, activist,…

Laura Kato • Sept. 14, 2021

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Japanese Americans and the legacy of Hugh Macbeth

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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The Principles and Convictions of Fred T. Korematsu

November 10, 1983, was a big day for Fred T. Korematsu and his legal team. Ten months after filing …

Kimiko Medlock • May 20, 2016

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge A. Wallace Tashima: A Judge Who Looks Like Us

Living in the bleak barracks of a WWII concentration camp, the young Judge A. Wallace Tashima could…

Sakura Kato • Aug. 6, 2014

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Over the 17 years that he practiced as an att…

Sakura Kato • July 30, 2014

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Defending Nikkei: Hugh Macbeth and the Japanese American Internment

Hugh Macbeth, Sr., a Black attorney from Los Angeles, is largely forgotten today, but he deserves c…

Greg Robinson • Feb. 18, 2014

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The JABA Legacy Project: Legal Legends in the Nikkei Community

Janice Fukai: Justice for All

As her title suggests, Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender Janice Y. Fukai defends members…

Sean Hamamoto • Aug. 5, 2013

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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community

Judge Jon Mayeda: The Right Place at the Right Time

Judge Jon Mayeda—a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who currently works with J…

Lawrence Lan • Aug. 7, 2012

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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community

Judge Vincent Okamoto: Fighting for Justice - Part 2

Rear Part 1 >> Law School It was in Vietnam that Okamoto first started thinking…

Lawrence Lan • Aug. 4, 2012

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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community

Judge Ernest Hiroshige: Forging Community

Anyone who has ever met Judge Ernest Hiroshige, who sits on the Los Angeles County Superior Court b…

Lawrence Lan • July 31, 2012

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