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Title: Minoru Kiyota Interview
Narrator: Minoru Kiyota
Interviewers: Tracy Lai (primary), Alice Ito (secondary)
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Date: July 3, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-kminoru-01-0014

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[Ed. note: This transcript has been edited by the narrator]

TL: Could I just ask a last question? I like the title of your book, Beyond Loyalty, and I'm wondering if you could explain why you chose that title?

MK: That's your territory.

Linda Keenan: Well, the Japanese version -- the Japanese version of the book had a different title, but we needed a title that would say what the main theme of it really was. And that did seem to be, as you were summarizing, the main point of his thoughts, about the whole experience. So that's how it came there.

MK: The title is different between the Japanese publication and English publication, simply because the title itself is attractive. When you use Beyond Loyalty, it's very attractive to the Americans. That kind of a title will not be attractive to the Japanese. What will be attractive to the Japanese is The Nisei Rebel.

TL: Thank you.

MK: So it's not a direct translation, but I think it was -- it's a very effective translation. The success of that book is largely due to Dr. Keenan.

TL: Well, thank you very much.

MK: Okay.

TL: Both of you.

AI: We appreciate your time.

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