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Chapter 1 (Part 6): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Taro Otsuka from Chicago to New York City
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In 1921, Otsuka moved to 216 North Michigan Avenue1 followin…
Takako Day • July 10, 2022
Young people who left Japan: Japanese overseas migration in the 21st century
Japanese government-led overseas migration of Japanese people is said to have ceased in the spring …
Takamichi "Taka" Go • June 30, 2017
Whodunit? Naomi Hirahara Draws Readers Into Japanese American History and Culture
Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Naomi Hirahara is a writer with a love of Japanese America…
Carol Cheh • May 13, 2016
How Happy Ending In Staged “No-No Boy” Bowdlerizes Okada’s Novel
Successfully adapting any work to the stage presents a challenge. The fact that it isn’t easy…
Frank Abe • July 22, 2015
A Response to Frank Abe's Opinion
*Editor’s Note: Frank Abe shared his opinions about Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptatio…
Ken Narasaki • July 22, 2015
Stage Adaptation Of “No-No Boy” Violates John Okada’s Novel
A headline first written by Frank Chin in 2010, “Don’t F**k With No-No Boy,” capt…
Frank Abe • April 29, 2015
A Response to Frank Abe's article
*Editor’s Note: Frank Abe shared his opinions about Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of …
Ken Narasaki • April 29, 2015
The Hoshidas’ Journeys Through Angel Island during World War II
George Yoshio Hoshida was arrested and detained on February 6, 1942. Information in his file at the…
Grant Din • April 6, 2015
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World War II
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Angel Island (Calif.)
Arkansas
artists
California
concentration camps
generations
George Hoshida
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
immigrants
immigration
imprisonment
incarceration
Issei
Japan
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
Jerome concentration camp
Kilauea (volcano)
migration
National Archives and Records Administration
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Pan Asian Repertory’s Plays in Progress Gives Life to “No-No Boy”
Two months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued…
Tamio Spiegel • Nov. 29, 2012
Our Lady Queen Of Pickles
My last assignment before quitting the Army was at Valley Forge Army Medical Center, in the Pennsyl…
Edward Moreno • July 19, 2012