Community publications

The Japanese American press provided a vital sense of community. Numerous newspapers were published in cities and towns up and down the West Coast. Seattle alone boasted two Japanese-language dailies and an English-language weekly for the community. The Japanese American Courier, which appeared in Seattle in 1928, was the first English-language Japanese American newspaper in the nation.

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vh Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-33-15)

Newspapers and handling of community scandals

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-33-15/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-184-21)

Becoming sports editor of the Japanese American Courier

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-21/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-184-27)

Discussion of community newspapers before World War II

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-27/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-184-20)

Working for community newspaper, the Japanese American Courier

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-20/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview II Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-185-32)

Working for community newspaper, the Northwest Times

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-185-32/

vh Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-10-3)

Early interest in writing: getting published in the Japanese American press

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-10-3/