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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1008-3-11)

Finally receiving letter from brother still in Japan, finding out he's still alive

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1008-4-21)

Visiting relatives in occupied Japan: traveling by train to Fukuoka with Japanese citizens

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1006-3-2)

Parents' background, growing up in Japan and having an arranged marriage

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1006-4-23)

Thoughts on identity as a Japanese Canadian who lived in Japan

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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doc Article about Kansaburo Ageno (ddr-njpa-5-112)

Translation of article: Kanzaburo Ageno is going to Japan as a professor of fisheries. Kanzaburo Ageno, second-generation fisherman from Maui, has decided to go to Japan with his family. He is leaving April 22 on the Kamakara-maru to be a professor at the Yaezu fisheries school at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture. He will be sent …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 23 (December 8, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-49)

Selected article titles: "Chicago Nisei [Lieutenant] Finds Mother, Brother Alive in Atom-Bombed City of Hiroshima" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei Boycott Dropped By Los Angeles Market Union" (p. 1), "Child Found Murdered at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 1), "Japan Occupation Ineffective Without Nisei GIs, Says Moore" (p. 1), "Repatriates Permitted to Take Securities Back to Japan" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 10 (September 7, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-36)

Selected article titles: "Urge Nisei to foster U.S.-Japan ties" (p. 1), "Delegates quiet on opening day of 'Changing Perspectives' but warm up by final session over farm workers problem" (p. 1), "American Legion, State Labor Group Endorse 'Yes on Prop. 13" (p. 2), "Relationship with Japan part of 'changing perspectives' theme" (p. 3), "JACL's role among …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 13 (September 27, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-39)

Select article titles: "Author Gwen Terasaki Urges Nisei Serve As U.S.-Japan 'Bridge'" (p. 1); "Japanese request for continuing U.S. importation of temporary farm workers hinges on special gov't survey; no decision yet" (p. 1); "Justice Dep't okays 72 claims in August" (p. 2); "Formation of Nisei Voters League in San Francisco hailed by editor; 'isolationistic' trend …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 15 (October 9, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-41)

Selected article titles: "West L.A. Aux'y seeks clothing for 'Vera' victims" (p. 1), "Japan relief campaign opens in southland" (p. 1), "Estimate 7,500 Japanese residents in San Francisco; 'too low' says Nichibei" (p. 1), "College profs and students experiment with Nihongo class" (p. 2), "Racial harmony interest in southern California growing" (p. 3), "East Coast chapters …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 24 (June 12, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-24)

Selected article titles: "JACL objectives for 1960-70 to be drafted by commission" (p. 1), "Special Issei citizenship class of nine ranging in ages 77-92 await taking of oath, hope Supreme Court Chief administers it" (p. 1), "L.A.-born strandee restored citizenship on basis of 'certificate of identity'" (p. 3), "NBC radio series on minorities begins in L.A." …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 11 (March 20, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-11)

Selected article titles: Another 'Noguchi' Case: Arboretum Director's Job" (p. 1), "Hawaii attorney see 'hard grind' for Negroes, same kind as Issei and Nisei" (p. 1), "More Orientals enter youth apprenticeships" (p. 1), "Students from Japan attending L.A. area colleges organize own society" (p. 2), "Canada couple denied compensation for WW2 confiscation of property" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 11 (September 14, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-37)

Selected article titles: "California Farm Bureau Endorses Prop. 13, to urge 70,000 members" (p. 1), "Organization Stand on 'Tokyo Rose' Hearing to be Considered" (p. 1), "Nat'l JACL convention coverage noted in top Atlantic seaboard newspapers" (p. 1), "Nisei statistician notes more women over 50 dying of heart disease lately" (p. 2), " "Final half of …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 99, No. 12 (September 21, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-37)

Selected article titles: "Sansei principal turns L.A.'s Jefferson High around" (p. 1), "House subcommittee hears HR 4110 redress testimony" (p. 1), "Japan fingerprinting constitutional for alien registration, Tokyo court rules" (p. 1), "1st all-Fresno J-town reunion attracting over 350 Sept. 29-30" (p. 1), "Calif. Proposition 39: Reapportionment battle of 1980 may be settled" (p. 3), "Japan …

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doc Inspection card (immigrants and steerage passengers) (ddr-csujad-38-533)

An inspection card for Koyuta Masukawa. She boarded on the ship, Seattle Maru, in Kobe, Japan, on September 7, 1909, and arrived in San Francisco, California. and was inspected on September 27, 1909 by U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service presumably in Presidio, California, prior to Angel Island Immigration Station's operation. It also includes a …

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doc Note about Hokoku Seinendan in Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-34-7)

A handwritten note by Hiroshi Fukuwa. It records that 76 top members of Pro-Japan group, "Hokoku Seinendan," received a notice on January 25. They left the camp at 9 AM on January 26 and got on a train at 4 PM to leave. Included are Oye, Shirozono, and Hamada. They were presumably the incarcerees in the …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 125 (October 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-211)

Selected article titles: "Peace Officers Hear Cozzens"; "Abiko Visitor Here"; "On the Other Hand"; "League Will Sponsor Talk by Army Officer"; "Nisei Linguists Trained and Being Sent to Japan"; "Sugiharas Return from Visit to New York City"; "Returnees Still Don't Have to Sleep in Parks"; "Nisei Attorney Opens His Office in Raisin City"; "Approve Sake Factory …

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av Frank Endo Interview (ddr-densho-400-1)

Frank Endo was born in Wilmington, California, on April 20,1923, and grew up on Terminal Island, California. He taught gymnastics at Santa Anita, California, Race Track and at the concentration camp in Amache, Colorado, where he was imprisoned. Endo worked in Chicago during WWII and served in the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Service. He participated in …

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img AJA veteran benefits show planners (ddr-njpa-1-1565)

Caption on reverse: "In charge of AGA vets' benefit show. Above are the men who will be in charge of the joint Club 100-442nd Veterans club benefit show to be held at the Civic Auditorium for ten days starting September 28, featuring the Kinoshita acrobatic troupe of Japan. Left to right, they are: George Miki, co-chairman …

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img Prince Louis Ferdinand and Kira Kirillovna on their honeymoon (ddr-njpa-1-333)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "The Grandson of the Former German Emperor Who will Soon Visit Japan. (Honolulu) Domei. Prince Louis Ferdinand, the grandson of the former German emperor who recently married Princess Kira Kirillovna, the second daughter of former Grand Duke of Russia Cyril, on May 4, arrived in Honolulu on June 29 as part of …

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vh Yoneko Dozono Interview (ddr-one-7-19)

Nisei female. Born February 4, 1915, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland before being sent to be educated in Japan at age sixteen. Married and had children in Japan, working for the military government after World War II. Returned to Portland in the 1950s with family.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a …

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vh Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-265)

Nisei male. Born February 14, 1920, in Kent, Washington. Grew up in the nearby town of Auburn, where parents ran a farm. Family was involved Auburn Buddhist Church. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1942 and removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Recruited out of Tule Lake to teach …

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vh Shizue Irei Interview (ddr-densho-1000-407)

Issei female. Born November 28, 1932, in Okinawa, Japan. Grew up in Japan where parents ran a farm. During World War II, when the Allied forces landed in Okinawa, fled home village with a large group and hid in the jungle. After the war, returned home, married, and eventually moved to Hawaii.

(This material is based …

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img Ship Asama Maru docked in San Francisco. (ddr-ajah-6-763)

Caption below photo: the Asama Maru docked at the San Francisco, CA., waterfront, with the west section of the Bay Bridge in the background. Nippon Yusen Kaisha of Japan build the "Queen of the Sea" in 1929. It's first voyage took it to California. It would also visit Hong King, Shanghai, Honolulu and Los Angeles. It …

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vh Junkoh Harui Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-11-9)

Separation from siblings caught in Japan during the war

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

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vh Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1006-2-16)

Studying ikebana flower arranging with the Ikenobo School in Japan

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-2-16/

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