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As World War Two came to an end, Japanese Americans began the slow process of moving from internmen…

Chiori Santiago • Oct. 9, 2009

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Grant Imahara Interview

Flashback to 1954: “Godzilla” makes its big screen debut. Directed by Ishiro Honda and …

Gaye Miyasaki • Sept. 21, 2009

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Glen S. Fukushima

In mid-January of 1994, President Bill Clinton received a 14-page paper on his desk entitled, &ldqu…

Ben Hamamoto • Aug. 24, 2009

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Exploring the History of Richmond’s Flower Nurseries

In 2002, I had the good fortune to interview Tom Oishi, a Nisei flower-grower from Richmond, Califo…

Donna Graves • Aug. 7, 2009

Japantowns Nihonmachi

Nisei cartoonist Jack Matsuoka

Most Nisei will remember Jack Matsuoka’s drawings from the seventies published in Hokubei Mai…

Ken Kaji • Nov. 17, 2007

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Aren't you Sonny?

As a Nisei, I am frequently mistaken for Chinese, Korean, Filipino or, sometimes East Indian. When…

Mas Yamasaki • Aug. 31, 2007

Sacramento – The Early Years

Prior to 1868, the Japanese people were forbidden to go abroad and foreigners were not allowed to e…

Wayne Maeda • Aug. 3, 2007

An "Enemy Alien's" Mysterious Fate

Much has been written about the experiences of the 120,000 Japanese Americans interned during World…

Kenji Murase • June 28, 2007

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

>> Part 1 Current Japanese American AttitudesIntermarriage has been a major, and controversia…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 12, 2007

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Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1

To be biracial and Japanese American means having many different labels from which to choose. For t…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 11, 2007

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Jose Nakamura: The first Nikkei in American Baseball

Grant Imahara Interview

Glen S. Fukushima

Exploring the History of Richmond’s Flower Nurseries

Nisei cartoonist Jack Matsuoka

Aren't you Sonny?

Sacramento – The Early Years

An "Enemy Alien's" Mysterious Fate

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1