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In late 1943, three Japanese American sisters helped two German prisoners of war escape from a sout…

Nina Nobuko Wallace • April 10, 2024

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Utah Judicial Giant Raymond Uno Has Died at 93

Incarcerated as a boy in Heart Mountain, he also served as JACL national president. Raymond Sonj…

Pacific Citizen • April 9, 2024

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How Japanese Americans Built a ‘Useful American Life with All Possible Speed’ in 1940s Chicago

Incarcerated on the West Coast by the U.S. Government, Thousands Were Then Given ‘Work Leave&…

Laura McEnaney • March 27, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines

In 1988, when Gene Oishi’s memoir was originally published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, …

Ana Iwataki • March 24, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

Chapter 18 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> One Sansei told me when he went to Japan, he was delighted to see that there …

Gene Oishi • March 17, 2024

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An Unsung Humanitarian - Battle of Okinawa

Morimasa Kaneshiro was born and raised in Hilo where his family ran a barbershop. After graduating …

Dan Nakasone • March 15, 2024

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Naomi Hirahara’s Meticulously-Researched Mystery about Postwar Midcentury Japanese America

There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen—a much-antici…

Tamiko Nimura • March 14, 2024

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Emiko Tsuchida on How Her Grandmother’s Story Helped Her Write Her Own

Though I often focus on my grandfather’s acts of defiance and resistance when I talk about my…

Emiko Tsuchida • March 11, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

Chapter 18 — Part 1

I had long thought that I and probably most Japanese Americans of my generation were mental cripple…

Gene Oishi • March 10, 2024

Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

Preface

It has been more than three decades since In Search of Hiroshi was published by the Charles E. Tutt…

Gene Oishi • March 3, 2024

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“Little Benedict Arnolds in Skirts”: The Shitara Sisters’ Scandalous WWII Treason Trial

Utah Judicial Giant Raymond Uno Has Died at 93

How Japanese Americans Built a ‘Useful American Life with All Possible Speed’ in 1940s Chicago

A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines

Chapter 18 - Part 2

An Unsung Humanitarian - Battle of Okinawa

Naomi Hirahara’s Meticulously-Researched Mystery about Postwar Midcentury Japanese America

Emiko Tsuchida on How Her Grandmother’s Story Helped Her Write Her Own

Chapter 18 — Part 1

Preface