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This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:12:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-338-14","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":576,"namepart":"Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Japan","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000120\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Emeryville, California","creation":"May 26, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tetsushi Marvin Uratsu narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-utetsushi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-40-8","model":"segment","index":"2 5127/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-40-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-40-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ksadaichi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ksadaichi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Sadaichi Kubota Segment 8","description":"Brother living in Japan: the possibility of \"shooting at each other, brother to brother\"
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This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth of this interview are shorter than other Densho interviews.","extent":"00:06:29","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-36-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":43,"namepart":"Minoru Kiyota"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tracy Lai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Kibei","id":"45"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Japan","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000120\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Klamath Falls, Oregon","creation":"July 3, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Minoru Kiyota narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nTracy Lai interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kminoru-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-282-7","model":"segment","index":"6 5131/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-282-7/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-282-7/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kkay-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kkay-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 7","description":"Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; brother was working in Japan at the time
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:07:53","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-282-7","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":485,"namepart":"Kay Uno Kaneko"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Los Angeles, California","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002608\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Kona, Hawaii","creation":"June 9, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kay Uno Kaneko narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kkay-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-110-1","model":"segment","index":"7 5132/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-110-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-110-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtake-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtake-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Take Murayama Interview Segment 1","description":"Growing up with seven siblings in Nagano Prefecture, Japan (Japanese language)
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Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.","extent":"00:09:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-153-81","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":151,"namepart":"Roy H. Matsumoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"China","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000111\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 17 & 18, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy H. Matsumoto narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-153-74","model":"segment","index":"9 5134/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-153-74/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-153-74/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 74","description":"Warning battalion of a planned Japanese attack, then shouting military orders in Japanese to confuse the enemy
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Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who do identify themselves as such.","extent":"00:05:10","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-153-76","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":151,"namepart":"Roy H. Matsumoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Burma","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000108\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 17 & 18, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy H. Matsumoto narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mroy-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-316-8","model":"segment","index":"13 5138/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-316-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-316-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mramsay-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mramsay-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview Segment 8","description":"Parents receive a phone call from Japan days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:06:13","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-316-8","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":546,"namepart":"Ramsay Yosuke Mori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Kelli Nakamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Hawai'i","id":"277"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Honolulu, Hawaii","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2397772\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honoulu, Hawaii","creation":"February 28, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ramsay Yosuke Mori narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nKelli Nakamura interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mramsay-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-260-21","model":"segment","index":"14 5139/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-260-21/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-260-21/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Cedrick M. Shimo Interview Segment 21","description":"Answering the question: \"If Japan invaded the U.S., which side will you fight for?\"
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:01:36","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-260-21","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":414,"namepart":"Cedrick M. Shimo"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 1800th Engineer General Service Battalion","id":"221"},{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Other forms of resistance","id":"98"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Torrance, California","creation":"September 22, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Cedrick M. Shimo narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-260-33","model":"segment","index":"15 5140/{'value': 5904, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-260-33/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-260-33/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-scedrick-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Cedrick M. Shimo Interview Segment 33","description":"Reflections: \"I'm back to my original ambition of trying to be a bridge between Japan and America\"
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.","extent":"00:03:38","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-260-33","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":414,"namepart":"Cedrick M. Shimo"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Torrance, California","creation":"September 22, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Cedrick M. 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President Nagasaki of Japan National Railways, who has been touring Europe, arrived in Hawaii last night by a Pan American airplane from New York to attend the Pacific Travel Conference session. He spoke about his European inspection as follows: 'The purpose of this inspection was to exchange ideas with people of each nation about solving the problem of funding each country's national railroads and about the modernization of railroads, and also to inspect their railway institutions. I departed from Japan on the 1st and, using Paris as a base, visited London, Frankfurt and Berlin. After the travel conference, on the evening of the 14th, I am returning to New York to inspect the American railway institutions again.' He is from Akita and has held the position of President of National Railways since August of last year. At the airport he was welcomed by the Japanese representatives of the travel conference, Seishiro Kurita and Nobuo Matsumura, his wife, and Shigeo Shigenaga, a local. 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An interview with Chairman of the New York office of the International Cultural Promotion Society, Tamon Maeda. The International Cultural Promotion Society New York Office was established in November of last year, and now eleven Japanese and four Americans, a total of fourteen people, are working there. It is located on the thirty-sixth floor of Rockefeller Center, and has a great a view. Mr. Kabayama chose this location. The main task of the New York office is the Information Library, that is to provide objective resources on things related to Japan. For this purpose 6,000 Japanese publications and 4,000 English publications, a total of 10,000 books, in addition to statistical almanacs from the first volume, magazines, pamphlets, etc., are available. This Information Library may not have an immediate effect, but may bring visible effects little by little. Americans who can read Japan refer to the Japanese books. The 10,000 books include a wide range of summary information. When the first German Army invaded Holland ... 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