エスター・ニューマンは、カリフォルニア育ち。大学卒業後、オハイオ州クリーブランドメトロパークス動物園でマーケティングとメディア製作のキャリアを経て、復学し20世紀アメリカ史の研究を始める。大学院在学中に自身の家族史に関心を持つようになり、日系人の強制収容や移住、同化を含む日系ディアスポラに影響を及ぼしたテーマを研究するに至った。すでに退職しているが、こうした題材で執筆し、関連団体を支援することに関心を持ち続けている。
（2021年11月 更新）
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Food Tours of Little Tokyo with Six Taste - An interview with Jeff Okita
2010年7月27日 • エスター・ニューマン
Want to get the inside scoop on Little Tokyo? With a Six Taste tour, it’s likely to be mochi flavored gelato, but you’ll also enjoy tasty tidbits of history, culture and samples of Japanese cuisine along seven stops in a 3-1/2 hour walking adventure. The tours place the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)’s goals of understanding and appreciation of cultural and ethnic diversity on a path leading directly to the stomach. It’s one of the latest programs offered through JANM. …
Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 3
2010年7月21日 • エスター・ニューマン
Part 2 >>Amano confirmed that military personnel did more than mistreat prisoners for entertainment; they gathered intelligence in concert with the FBI. Amano revealed in his statements that his highly suspect activities and defiant attitude made him a target. While captive, the Americans identified Amano only by the number on his prison-issued clothes. “My number was 203, a bad omen. Everyone knew about 203, a fort Japan fought for in Russia.” The significance of number 203 derived from The Battle …
Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 2
2010年7月14日 • エスター・ニューマン
Part 1 >>In a July 1941 meeting, representatives from both the Department of Justice and the Department of War formalized injunctions that barred enemy aliens from restricted areas such as the Canal Zone, and forbade possession of firearms, ammunition, cameras, short wave radio receivers, and signaling devices. Fishing boats frequently contained these items, raising suspicions that the fishermen could assist Japanese submarines. The United States’ House Committee on Un-American Activities claimed that federal investigators possessed a map, allegedly distributed among …
Yoshitaro Amano, Canal Zone Resident and Prisoner #203 - Part 1
2010年7月7日 • エスター・ニューマン
My grandfather, Yoshitaro Amano, was one of the more than two thousand Japanese Latin Americans seized abroad, shipped to the United States, and interned without charge during World War II. For a graduate research project on this topic, I read Seiichi Higashide’s memoir, Adios to Tears and watched Casey Peak’s documentary, Hidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story, but there had to be more sources. After at least a semester-long search for additional first-person accounts, my mother casually announced that her …
