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Mon, Nov 22 2010

Threads of ‘American Tapestry’ Displayed at JANM

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, ALICE BLUEIAN, AMERICAN TAPESTRY, ARMENIAN, CAPTAIN SULU, CHRIS IIJIMA, CITIZEN 13660, CITIZENSHIP, CLEMENT HANAMI, ELAINE OTOMO, ERIC NAKAMURA, george takei, GIANT ROBOT, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, hawaii, HENRY SUGIMOTO, internment, IPAD, IPHONE, janm, japanese american national museum, Judge Vincent Okamoto, Korean War, LIBERTY MAGAZINE, MARY OYAMA MITTWER, MINE OKUBO, Momo Nagano, MUSEUM, NAMYO BESSHO, NOBUKO MIYAMOTO, PDA, ROBERT HASUIKE, ROBERT IDEISHI, RODNEY KING, Sansei, SKATERS, SMARTPHONE, South Bay, Stan Honda, STANLEY HAYAMI, STAR TREK, Sulu, TECHNOLOGY, Topaz, TORU SAITO, VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL, VIETNAM WAR, VINCEN OKAMOTO, WEST SIDE STORY, WORLD TRADE CENTER, WTC, WWII, YELLOW PEARL, YOKO ONO, YOSHINO UYEMARA, YURI KOCHIYAMA

“American Families” by Momo Nagano, a flag inscribed with names of the camps and of families from the Seinan district among the items on display now at the Japanese American National Museum. (MARIO...

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Sat, Nov 13 2010

A New Dawn for Issei Colony

Also tagged: american river conservancy, frederick kochi, fukushima kenjinkai, gold hill ranch, jacl, meiji restoration, okei, placerville, rafu shimpo, ronald reagan, sacramento, samurai, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, veerkamp, wakamatsu colony

“Graner House” was built in 1854 on the Gold Hill Ranch and will restored and become a museum. The big keyaki tree at right has been growing since the time of the Japanese colonists. (RYOKO OHNISHI/Rafu...

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Wed, Nov 10 2010

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Bringing Poston Together One Last Time

Also tagged: BREEDERS CUP CLASSIC, CONCENTRATION CAMP, DOONESBURY, Internees, internment, INTERNMENT CAMP, JULIE ANDREWS, LAUGHLIN, nisei, poston, POSTON REUNION, Sansei, SOUND OF MUSIC, TEA PARTY, wimpy, wimpy hiroto, yonsei, ZENYATTA

By W.T. Wimpy Hiroto (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on November 10, 2010.) === re-un-ion (re un’yan), n. 1. a coming together again. 2. a being reunited. 3. a social gathering of persons who have...

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Thu, Oct 7 2010

Conference Recalls Issei Postwar Challenges

Also tagged: AIKO YOSHINAGA-HERZIG, AKEMI KIKUMARA-YANO, ALAN KUMAMOTO, BARUCH COLLEGE, CAROLYN TAKESHITA, CHARLOTTE BROOKS, CONCENTRATION CAMP, DALE KUNITOMI, douglas nelson, ellen endo, eric muller, FRANK ABE, Fresno, heart mountain, internment, INTERNMENT CAMP, IRENE KUROMIYA, JAMES ITO, janm, lane hirabayashi, MAKO NAKAGAWA, NELS SMITH, nisei, POSTWAR, RACISM, RALPH CARR, RAYMOND UNO, SHIRLEY ANN HIGUCHI, TETSUDEN KSHIMA, TOSHI ITO, VANESSA YUILLE, WAR RELOCATION

On the second day of the two-day community conference on Heart Mountain Wyoming hosted by the Japanese American National Museum, Judge Raymond Uno reminisces about his own experience, and that of his family,...

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Wed, Oct 6 2010

Obama Signs Bill for Nisei Vets’ Congressional Gold Medal

Also tagged: 442nd/100th, adam schiff, Barack Obama, barbara boxer, CATO INSTITUTE, charles djou, Christine Sato-Yamazaki, congressional gold medal, Daniel Akaka, Eric Shinseki, FLOYD MORI, go for broke, GRANT ICHIKAWA, mazie hirono, Mike Honda, military, NATIONAL VETERANS NETWORK, NAVAJO CODE TALKERS, nisei, PETER ROUSE, poston, RAHM EMMANUEL, rosa parks, SAM FUJIKAWA, TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, WRIGHT BROTHERS

With several Japanese American veterans and Nikkei government and civic leaders in attendance at the Oval Office Tuesday, President Barack Obama signs the bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal to...

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Sat, Sep 18 2010

Rock Solid Foundation

Also tagged: 49ers, Anthony McCoy, BCS Bowl Game, Buffalo Bills, Cardinal and Gold, Christian, coach, football, God, Haruki Rocky Seto, Heisman Trophy, Jesus Christ, John McKay, john wooden, linebacker, Lofa Tatupu, Mike Williams, Mt. San Antonio Community College, nfl, nisei, OJ Simpson, Pac-10, Paul Hackett, pete carroll, Reggie Bush, Rose Bowl, san francisco, San Gabriel Valley, Seattle Seahawks, Steve Sarkisian, Trojans, University of Washington, USC, Washington Redskins

Haruki Rocky Seto, center, poses with members of Evergreen Church where he attends. From left, David Miyahara, David Saguchi, Dean Yoshitani, Danny Asaoka, and Trevor Wong. Seto was the former defensive...

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Thu, Jul 29 2010

Fabulous at 50

Also tagged: African American, Asian, bon-odori, Buddhist, hapa, henry yasuda, higashi honganji, Hispanic, japanese american, kachi-kachi, kimonos, los angeles, Mardi Gras, nikkei, nisei, Obon Festival, odori, rinban noriaki ito, taiko, teriyaki, White, yagura, yukata

People of all ages, many dressed in traditional Japanese garb, participate in the Bon-Odori at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo during its 50th Anniversary on Saturday. (photos by JORDAN...

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Thu, May 20 2010

Honorary Degrees: An Education

Also tagged: Barbara Mukai, Bob Suzuki, Cal Poly, Cal State, Carl Yoshimine, commencement, csu, graduation, internment, June Junko Kushino, Kelly Ogawa, Kyle Mukai, Minidoka, Nikkei Student Union, nisei, Nisei Grad, Ryo Morikawa Tsai, San Diego, San Diego State University, SDSU, Sophia Takeda, Viola Takeda

June Junko Kushino holds her own honorary degree and those of her two cousins, Kenji Kushino and Helen Hiroko Kushino at the San Diego State University Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony on Monday. (JORDAN...

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Wed, Dec 16 2009

TAKING A STAND: Block 42

Also tagged: block 42, ccc camp, franklin roosevelt, jim tanimoto, mamoru tanimot, national park service, nisei, tule lake, tulean dispatch, tulelake, war relocation authority

While barbed wire was meant to cage the Issei and Nisei men and women, it could not suppress their spirit. Of the 3,254 eligible inmates who did not register for the questionnaire, 3,218 of them, including...

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Tag Archives: issei

Threads of ‘American Tapestry’ Displayed at JANM

A New Dawn for Issei Colony

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Bringing Poston Together One Last Time

Conference Recalls Issei Postwar Challenges

Obama Signs Bill for Nisei Vets’ Congressional Gold Medal

Rock Solid Foundation

Fabulous at 50

Honorary Degrees: An Education

TAKING A STAND: Block 42

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