This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. 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-1000-428-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":824,"namepart":"Ken Yoshida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Tacoma, Washington","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014562\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"October 17, 2007","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ken Yoshida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-428-11","model":"segment","index":"1 2326/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-428-11/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-428-11/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ken Yoshida Interview Segment 11","description":"Daily life in the country jail
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They have already exchanged engagement gifts, and they will be married on a good day in February of next spring. The bride is the second daughter of Dr. Ryuichi Kamibayashi, Yasuko, who lives in Ise, Matsushiro, Nagano. She graduated from Nagano Women's College and is very smart. Her hobby is playing tennis. When we visited Mr. Murakoso at his work at the aircraft company Kawasaki his heart remained strong for the sport, but he was very shy at the time. The photos are, right, Mr. Murakoso receiving a congratulatory call from his friends, and left, the bride, Yasuko.\"","extent":"3W x 2H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-1155","format":"img","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Kamibayashi, Yasuko"},{"namepart":"Murakoso, Kohei"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","location":"Kobe, Japan","creation":"20-Dec-39","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kamibayashi, Yasuko \nMurakoso, Kohei","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-1155-master-f069acb723-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-141","model":"entity","index":"4 2329/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-141/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-141/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdale-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mdale-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Dale Minami Interview","description":"Sansei male. 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California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure which resulted in the granting of tenure after widespread publicity over discrimination in academia. Mr. Minami represents Kristi Yamaguchi, the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal skater, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, actor Lane Nishikawa, and others in the fields of media and entertainment. He is counsel to the National Asian American Telecommunications Association and the Asian American Journalists' Association. Mr. Minami has taught at University of California, Berkeley and Mills College in Oakland, CA and has been a Commissioner of the State of California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission, a Commissioner on the State Bar of California, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, the Chair of the Attorney General's Asian/Pacific Advisory Committee and a Member of Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee. He was Chair of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund Commission, appointed by President Clinton in 1994. Mr. Minami has received numerous awards including the State Bar President's Pro bono Service Award, an honorary Juris Doctor degree from the McGeorge School of Law, designation of a dormitory at the University of California at Santa Cruz as the \"Queen Liliuokalani-Minami\" Dormitory, awards from the Coro Foundation, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, the Harry Dow Memorial Fellowship in Boston, the Fred Korematsu Civil Rights Fund Award, the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Japanese American Youth Center and the Centro Legale de la Raza. Mr. Minami is a partner with Minami, Lew and Tamaki in San Francisco, and specializes in personal injury and entertainment law.","extent":"03:26:04","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-141","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":134,"namepart":"Dale Minami"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Margaret Chon"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"February 8, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dale Minami narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nMargaret Chon interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mdale-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-96","model":"entity","index":"5 2330/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-96/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-96/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-96-mezzanine-83b4378715-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-96-mezzanine-83b4378715-a.jpg"},"title":"Memorandum from Sub-Committee on Controversial Issues to Mr. Ralph Merritt, Project Director, Manzanar War Relocation Area, January 16, 1943","description":"Memorandum from the Sub-Committee on Controversial Issues to Ralph Merritt, Project Director of \"Manzanar War Relocation Center,\" regarding the teaching and discussion of controversial issues in the classroom. 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The banquet was a farewell to Oshio and a welcome to the new consul. -- (Hawaii Times photo).\"","extent":"2.5W x 2H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-1877","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Hawaii Times"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Awamura, Patricia"},{"namepart":"Oshio, Torao"},{"namepart":"Uyemura, Kiyoshi, Mrs."}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","location":"Honolulu, Hawai'i","creation":"c. 1958","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Hawaii Times publisher Awamura, Patricia \nOshio, Torao \nUyemura, Kiyoshi, Mrs.","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-1877-master-951c4c74ce-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-553","model":"entity","index":"11 2336/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-553/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-553/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-553-master-0cc0682282-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-553-master-0cc0682282-a.jpg"},"title":"Gyokudo Kawai with some of his paintings","description":"Caption on reverse [translation]: \"Painter Gyokudo's pupils dedicating 144 pieces\nJanuary 27, 1940. 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The photo is the sword dancing instructor, Miss Tsuruko Kawai.\"","extent":"1.25W x 2.5H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-669","format":"img","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Kawai, Tsuruko"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","creation":"7-Feb-34","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kawai, Tsuruko","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-669-master-a89f49d13e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-836","model":"entity","index":"13 2338/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-836/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-836/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-836-master-896c488ee6-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-836-master-896c488ee6-a.jpg"},"title":"Kojiro Matsukata","description":"Caption on front [translation]: \"President of Japan-Soviet Union Oil Company, Mr. Kojiro Matsukata. 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He lives in Kagoshima prefecture and is 70 years old.\"","extent":"2.5W x 1.75H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-836","format":"img","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Matsukata, Kojiro"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","creation":"c. 1935","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Matsukata, Kojiro","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-836-master-896c488ee6-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-5-21","model":"entity","index":"14 2339/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-21/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-5-21/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-5/ddr-njpa-5-21-mezzanine-426be66305-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-5/ddr-njpa-5-21-mezzanine-426be66305-a.jpg"},"title":"Article about Sueko Asuka","description":"Translation of article: \"Ms. Asuka of Japanese dancing returned via the Ryu-ta-maru ship. Ms. Asuka, who lives on Hall Street 1237 in Honolulu, is a professor of Japanese dance as well as sewing. She was visiting Japan for a year to improve her skills. She returned to Hawaii yesterday, the 26th, on the Ryu-ta-maru. Today, the 27th, she visited the Nippu Jiji to meet Mr. Fujimoto Kenkichi. 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