Members from various associations and organizations provide legal viewpoints on the constitutional issues and impact of camp experiences on Japanese American psyche. All of them demand for monetary reparations and constitutional remedy.
Introduction by Steve Nagano of NCRR and Nikkei Progressives.
Part 4 Testifiers:
Fred Okrand,
Junji Kumamoto,
Alan Terakawa,
Carole Sei Morita,
Rose Matsui Ochi, …
Testimonies emerge from the issei (first generation Japanese) perspective as testifiers demand to speak out in Japanese. Japanese Americans from Terminal Island tell their stories of being forcibly removed from their homes and placed into internment camps.
Introduction by Yasuko Sakamoto of NCRR, and Alina Nakano, granddaughter of Bert and Lillian Nakano.
Part 1 Testifiers:
Dean …
Co-Chair of NCRR/Los Angeles Kay Ochi provides an overview introduction of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings in Los Angeles, held from August 4 through August 6, 1981. Kay Ochi emphasizes the power of testimonies, grassroots organizations, and the importance of speaking out against injustice.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of …
1958 Holiday Issue
Select article titles: "Nisei challenged to regain American prestige abroad" (p. A-3); "Fred's Bleakest Christmas Eve" (p. A-4); "Policy Statement of JACL on International Relations" (p. A-5); "1st round opens for JACL role on U.S.-Japan issue" (p. A-7); "A measure of success" (B-5).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and …
Select article titles: "Why leadership of Japanese community at time of Evacuation fell upon JACL" (p. A1); "Order of Evacuation Brings on One of America's Greatest Swindles" (p. A3); "The Closing of Manzanar" (p. B1); "Worthy Partners for Building Peace" (p. Supplement 1); "Immigration, Evacuation Claims, Civil Rights" (p. B17).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought …
Special Holiday Issue. Selected article titles: "Congress and the Asian Americans" (3); "JACL Must Now Be Concerned With Its New Identity For The Future" (3); "Nikkei and Bill of Rights: 7 out of 10 Amendments Violated" (45); "Jean Sadako King: on the Rise" (46); "Some Thoughts on Inter-racial Marriage" (58).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought …
Selected article titles: "The 'Koryu' Narrative: Saga of (the real) William Adams" (p. 1, 49, 51-54, 92, and 95), "Biography of Kyutaro Abiko: Issei Pioneer with a Dream" (p. 1, 61, and 63-66), "Identity Crisis of the Sansei and the American Concentration Camp" (p. 41, 42, 50, and 55).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought by …
Select article titles: "Against All Odds: The Japanese American's Campaign for Redress"(p.A-3);"Loyalty of Japanese Americans Surveyed for FDR in October '41; sees 'No Problem'"(p.B-1);"$4,300,000 Committed to 10 Capital Projects, and to 25 Program and Activities from Redress"(p.A-18).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to …
Select article titles: "Mike in memory" (p. A8), "Pearl watch" (p. A20), "1991 the Year in Review" (p. A21), "Fujimori After one year" (p. B4), "What Pearl Harbor brought to the Nikkei of Hawaii" (p. B18), "Lifeblood: Program hopes to help Asian Americans stricken with fatal blood diseases" (p. A33).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought …
Select article titles: "Nationalizing redress" (p. A-13); "Women in JACL" (P. A9); "Born to teach" (p. A20); "The journey to Hiroshima" (p. A21) "Making diversity America's strength" (p. B7); "JACL project preserves history of Japanese Americans" (p. B13); "King Kalakaua and Japanese immigration" (p.C1).
The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that …
Newsletter covering the following topics: Four Seattle resolutions at National Convention-Two unanimous-one asking for a review of Nisei war awards for possible Medal of Honor and another joining the Port of Seattle, NYK, and Burlington Northern Railroad on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the Miike Maru. One resolution to support ?Compassion in Dying? rejected …
Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …
Nisei female. Born November 17, 1930, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Salinas's Japantown community before moving to various towns in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to Poston concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp with family for Denver, Colorado, in 1945 before returning to California and establishing the Mandarin Restaurant in San Jose's Japantown. …
Sansei male. Born in 1938 in San Jose, California. Raised in San Jose, where parents and grandparents owned a store in Japantown. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and then to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to San Jose after the war, where family reestablished their business, the Dobashi Market. Mr. Dobashi eventually took …
Nisei male. Born 1924 in Penryn, California. Spent most of childhood in San Jose, California, before being removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served in the military at the end of World War II before returning to California. Opened owned business, George's Service Center, in San Jose's Japantown following …
In this interview, three Nisei, Louise Kashino, Sadaichi Kubota, and Bill Thompson, discuss their postwar efforts to get Louise Kashino's husband's wartime court-martial conviction vacated. Sadaichi Kubota and Bill Thompson served with Shiro Kashino in the all-volunteer, all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, …
Short documentary film centering on Chiyomi Ogawa, a Nisei woman who had been incarcerated in Manzanar , and her wedding dress, which was subsequently used by five other women in the early postwar years.
Born as Chiyomi Marumoto in 1924, Ogawa and her family lived in the in fishing community of |Terminal Island , where her …
This collection consists of interviews with Nisei and Sansei talking about the Japanese American community in Alameda, California. The project partners include The Internet Archive (archive.org), the Alameda Library, the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Rhythmix Cultural Works, and Densho. The Alameda Museum also contributed but was not a partner in the …
Personal reasons for continuing to pursue justice for Shiro Kashino
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. Debbie …
Shiro Kashino reads the charges against him for the first time
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. …
Early obstacles: recovering destroyed records in the Shiro Kashino court-martial
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. Debbie …
Tracking down key witnesses in the Shiro Kashino court-martial case: the MP
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single …
Other turning points in the Shiro Kashino court-martial case
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. Debbie McQuilken, …
Persevering to try to overturn the wartime court-martial of Shiro Kashino
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. …
Breakthrough: finally admitting guilt in the Shiro Kashino court-martial
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic. Debbie McQuilken, …
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