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img On ship headed for Japan (ddr-densho-128-86)

Children aboard the Mexico Maru bound for Tokyo. Front row, fourth from right Toshiko Kubo. Front row, fourth from left Frank Kubo.

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doc "Japanese Americans Educated in Japan" (ddr-densho-155-24)

War Relocation Authority's Community Analysis Report No. 8.

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img Shipment of goods from Japan (ddr-densho-159-8)

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img Kubota family, probably in Japan (ddr-densho-354-70)

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img Boy wearing gi in Japan (ddr-densho-259-8)

Roku Yasui wearing Nihon gi in Nanukaichi, Japan.

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img Graduating girls' class in Japan (ddr-densho-259-85)

Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, second from the right. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Maybe at the school in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan, where [Shidzuyo] had also taught for a short time in 1910. This also looks like a girls' graduating class, but [Shidzuyo] and the other teachers are dressed differently."

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img Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)

Saburo Miyake's textile factory. Caption by Homer Yasui: "A textile or weaving factory, with the relatives and workers inside the shop. I've always understood that Saburo's and [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s father, Ichiro, ran a fishnet making factory. On the machine just before it reaches the completed roll of fabric, the material does look like netting."

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img Teacher and students in Japan (ddr-densho-259-111)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group photo, [Shidzuyo Yasui] looks quite a bit older than a bunch of young girls, so this may have been a class of her students."

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img Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early …

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img General MacArthur lands in Japan (ddr-densho-299-121)

Caption: "General MacArthur alights from a C-54 at Atsugi airfield, 20 miles out of Tokyo, / for his first glimpse at Japan."

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doc A Parliament House for Japan (ddr-densho-335-19)

A front view of a plan for a parliament house for Japan. Most likely designed as part of a university thesis by Thomas Rockrise.

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doc A Parliament House for Japan (ddr-densho-335-18)

A plan created by Thomas S. Rockrise for a parliament house for Japan. Most likely designed as part of a university thesis by Thomas Rockrise.

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img Tree lined road in Japan (ddr-densho-397-89)

The caption in the photo album reads "Out of focus Oct. '46". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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img Family traveling back to Japan (ddr-densho-321-919)

Caption in album: "Mom leaving for Japan / Kiku / Born: Napa, California / 1907 / Spent 10 years in / Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan."

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