Entrevistas

1. Great grandfather working in Hawaii

2. Great grandparents' hotel business in Hawaii

3. Grandfather raised in the hotel business

4. Grandfather picked up by US Army

5. Grandfather's interrogations during World War II

6. Grandparents were incarcerated in Jerome, Arkansas

7. Grandfather's business in Hawaii while in camp

8. Finding his mother's high school valedictorian speech

9. Grandfather helping administration in camp

10. Grandfather Fujioka in Wailua

11. Growing up Japanese in Hawaii

12. Entering banking business

Fujioka,Robert T.

(n. 1952) Ex-executivo bancário, nascido no Havaí

Grandfather's business in Hawaii while in camp

When they went to Jerome and during the time when my grandfather was sent around the US, his business was doing well and fortunately he had these two trusted lieutenants that he basically said “Okay just keep the business going, Honolulu is still ok, everything is gonna be all right.” But clearly there were people who were trying to steal the business from him. And again you always look at the downside but these two people saved his agency and protected it during the entire war and also tried to get him money because his money was in Japanese banks and it was frozen and life was tough during the war.

Data: April 25, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: John Esaki

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Robert Fujioka nasceu em Honolulu, Havaí, em 1952. Frequentou a Universidade de Michigan obtendo o bacharelado e obteve o MBA pela Universidade do Havaí. Ele atua no setor bancário desde 1974 e atualmente atua como vice-presidente do Conselho de Administração do Museu Nacional Japonês Americano, curador da Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation e da First Hawaiian Bank Foundation. (Novembro de 2018)