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doc Juyo and Bessie Matsuoka's Japanese passport (ddr-densho-390-19)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-19/

Japanese Passport for Masa Kosai with stamps for entry at Seattle, Washington on October 23, 1918, January 21, 1921, February 10, 1926, September 21, 1938, May 18, 1941 (ddr-densho-349-46)

doc Japanese Passport for Masa Kosai with stamps for entry at Seattle, Washington on October 23, 1918, January 21, 1921, February 10, 1926, September 21, 1938, May 18, 1941 (ddr-densho-349-46)

Original Japanese document and English and French translations

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-349-46/

Japanese passport for Suejiro Kosai showing stamps for entry at Seattle, Washington on May 29, 1908, February 3, 1915, March 7, 1932, February 18, 1936 (ddr-densho-349-45)

doc Japanese passport for Suejiro Kosai showing stamps for entry at Seattle, Washington on May 29, 1908, February 3, 1915, March 7, 1932, February 18, 1936 (ddr-densho-349-45)

Original Japanese document and English and French translations

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-349-45/

doc Imperial Japanese Government passport, Itsuhei Takano (ddr-csujad-42-1)

A Japanese passport issued for Itsuhei Takano from Yamanashi, Japan. English and French translations attached. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_01_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-1/

doc Passport issued by Imperial Japanese Government (ddr-densho-399-7)

For Tsuneichiro Sumi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-399-7/

doc Passport issued by Imperial Japanese Government (ddr-densho-399-3)

For Yuji Sumi with photo and stamps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-399-3/

doc Passport issued by Imperial Japanese Government (ddr-densho-399-2)

For Shijuko Sumi, with photo and stamps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-399-2/

doc Passport issued by Imperial Japanese Government (ddr-densho-399-6)

For Yaino Sumi, with stamps

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-399-6/

doc Imperial Japanese Government passport Yoneshiro Ono (ddr-csujad-55-2457)

A passport belonging to Yoneshiro Ono, no. 223754. Includes photograph of Ono and admittance stamp from the U.S. Immigration Service for arrival to the United States via the SS Alabama Maru. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2563

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2457/

doc Imperial Japanese Government passport, Tome Ono (ddr-csujad-55-2458)

A passport belonging to Tome Ono, no. 223755. Includes photograph of Ono and admittance stamp from the U.S. Immigration Service for arrival to the United States via the SS Alabama Maru. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2564

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2458/

doc The Imperial Japanese Government Passport for Moritaro Ishida, in Japanese (ddr-csujad-29-6)

A passport for Moritaro Ishida issued on April 8, 1916. Registered by Consulate General of Japan in Seattle on June 21, 1923. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_M01_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-6/

doc English translation of: The Imperial Japanese Government Passport for Moritaro Ishida (ddr-csujad-29-7)

A passport for Moritaro Ishida issued on March 23, 1916. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_M01_02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-7/

img Japanese Band of the Tama (ddr-densho-357-13)

The Japanese band of the "Tama" marches in the 1925 Diamond Jubilee Parade. For the California Diamond Jubilee celebration, the Japanese government sent the battle cruiser "Tama" with representatives from the Japanese Imperial Court. Hanako Yoshioka Terakawa's caption: "Welcome Tama."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-13/

img On deck of the Tama (ddr-densho-357-15)

May, Fumi, and F. Tsujisaka pose on the deck of the battle cruiser Tama, which represented the Japanese Imperial government at the 1925 Diamond Jubilee in San Francisco. Left to right: May Fujiro, Fumi Masada, F. Tsujisaka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-15/

img Truck in parade (ddr-densho-357-12)

A large truck followed by a smaller car participate in the 1925 Diamond Jubilee Parade. For the California Diamond Jubilee celebration, the Japanese government sent the battle cruiser "Tama" with representatives from the Japanese Imperial Court. Hanako Yoshioka Terakawa's caption: "Welcome Tama."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-12/

doc Imperial Japanese Government passport = 日本帝國海外旅券, Koyuta Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-536)

A Japanese passport issued for Koyuta Masukawa from Hiroshima, Japan. English and French translations attached. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_03_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-536/

Narrator Cedrick M. Shimo

Nisei male. Born October 1, 1919, in Heber, California, in the Imperial Valley. Grew up in Boyle Heights. Received draft notice one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and joined the Military Intelligence Service. After being denied furlough to visit his mother in Manzanar concentration camp, refused to serve overseas with his unit. Was placed …

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 2 of 4 (ddr-one-5-154)

Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. The second page presents as evidence his involvement with the Sokoku Kai [Fatherland Society]. The FBI felt that this lead to a "sense of loyalty and subservience to the Imperial Government of Japan." The FBI …

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img Wang Chonghui seated with Ambassador Jiang (ddr-njpa-1-1019)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Goodwill Ambassador Wang Chonghui Comes to Japan. (Tokyo) February 19, 1935. With Sino-Japanese relations recently improving, Wang Chonghui, justice of the Permanent Court of International Justice, has been dispatched as an envoy from Chiang Kaishek, who wishes to see the intentions of the Japanese government and people towards taking concrete steps to …

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doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 8 1944 and 1945 Japanese of Hawaii (ddr-densho-372-8)

Volume 8 divides into five sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Part 1 features archival documents from 1944 and 1945 that depict the winding down of the relocation program. Part 2 features selected pages of a Congressional Record from February 23, 1944 and June 23, 1944 that resulted in the …

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vh Cedrick M. Shimo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-260)

Nisei male. Born October 1, 1919, in Heber, California, in the Imperial Valley. Grew up in Boyle Heights. Received draft notice one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and joined the Military Intelligence Service. After being denied furlough to visit his mother in Manzanar concentration camp, refused to serve overseas with his unit. Was placed …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-260/

doc Newspaper clipping regarding Joseph Grew (ddr-njpa-1-472)

Caption on front [translation]: "Ambassador Grew to Retire After 9 Years in Tokyo. Plans to Return to America in Early May. (Tokyo 21 Domei). According to today's Yomiuri Shimbun, US Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew will likely return home on a leave of absence in early May. The same paper also stated that Ambassador Grew hopes …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-472/

doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-161)

English translation of the annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 12: [Right] Japan declared a war, and Japanese Imperial Army attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When the war broke out, Yuta Masukawa was visiting Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He rode on a streetcar to get to Little Tokyo and bought a record, "Shina no …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-161/

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