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“I had it in my backpack. I couldn’t wash it. Okaasan collected 1,000 stitches at Tule Lake from 1,000 different women, one stitch for one. …
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Was I looking at a pile of charred kindling, a set of raven’s wings or feathers? “I’m interviewing this 99-year old Kibei Nisei artist, Koho …
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Read Part 2 >> What details do you remember from camp when the war ended? When the war ended and Japan surrendered, Tule Lake was …
When I was a little kid in California in the early 1980s, it was cool to be a rebel, or a resister. On the sawdust-covered …
Read Part 1 >> When Pearl Harbor happened, do you remember that day? What happened to me, I don’t recall that day at all. I …
Tom Okubo has had a long and successful life. The 95 year old Sacramento man exhibits little bitterness from his experience as a former inmate …
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A number of Japanese Americans have distinguished themselves within the ranks of academia. From famed sociologist Tamotsu Shibutani to the members of the Manzanar guayule …
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Reverend Sasaki is no stranger to challenges in life; as one of the longest-serving Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priests in the United States, Reverend LaVerne Senyo …
TORRANCE — When Toru Bill Nishimura was born 100 years ago in Compton, the area was still farmland. Gardena Valley was a real valley where …
Read Part 3 >> How did you meet your wife? Well, I was in the army, so I went to a USO dance. That’s where …
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