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img Crown Prince and Princess of Japan (ddr-densho-166-9)

This celebration was held to welcome Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-9/

img 1st National Church Group in Japan (ddr-densho-157-146)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-146/

img Hajime Kawasaki, Japan Fire Insurance executive (ddr-njpa-4-576)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Hajime Kawasaki. Businessman. Executive, Japan Fire Insurance."

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doc Article regarding Japanese newspapers outside Japan (ddr-njpa-4-1753)

Article text (incomplete) [translation]: "The tremendous contributions to Japan and donations of money by Japanese in foreign countries have not been recognized by the people in Japan. This has been a regrettable reality to Japanese who are acquainted with foreign affairs. Kawai, head of the Information section, helped to establish the association of foreign Japanese newspapers …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1753/

img George Kida and relatives from Japan (ddr-one-3-84)

Color photograph of George Kida (second from right) and visiting family from Japan standing in front of a stone building.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-84/

img Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-423)

Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-423/

img Taenaka family and relatives in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-215)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are fifteen photographs including the Taenaka family and their Japanese relatives taken in Japan in the early 1930s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_010

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-215/

img Invitation to the Japan Day celebration (ddr-csujad-11-54)

An invitation from Toshito Satow, the Commissioner General of Japan, to Miss Tazu Kawamoto for the Japan Day celebration on Treasure Island. From page 21 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_21_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-11-54/

img Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-424)

Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-424/

img 24th Infantry Division Headquarters in Japan (ddr-csujad-38-419)

Photographed is U.S. soldiers of 24th Infantry Division Headquarters in Japan. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_001_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-419/

img Nisei girl and cousin in Japan (ddr-densho-259-290)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and cousin Midori [Miyake] in Japan, summer of 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-290/

img Family on an engawa in Japan (ddr-densho-259-120)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Rare photo of [Matsuyo and Renichi Fujimoto] sitting on a veranda (engawa) in Japan, with three young kids and an elderly Japanese couple [Renichi's] adoptive mother, Haru Yasui Fujimoto, was born on July 24, 1848; and his adoptive father, Chojiro Fujimoto, was born on September 5, 1844, in Aono. Chojiro's father was …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-120/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-77)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] - Last Row 2nd from Left. Sumoto, Awaji where she taught 1912." Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] taught home economics there."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-77/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-289/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-280)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] visiting the Miyake relatives, when she went there for a visit alone, in the summer of 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-280/

img Multi-generational family portrait in Japan (ddr-densho-259-534)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait, presumably many of the extended Yasui clan in Nanukaichi, Japan. Prominent in the center is our uncle, Taiitsuro Yasui, and on his immediate right, his wife, Kameno Kawasaki Yasui. Our Yasui grandmother, Tsune [Tsuya?] Katayama Yasui, is on Taiitsuro's left. I think that that's Yasuo Yasui on Grandma Yasui's left--he was …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-534/

img Class at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-92)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group photo of what I will guess was [Shidzuyo Yasui's] class in Home Economics. I don't know where in Japan this was taken, but it doesn't look like the Sumoto School grounds." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-92/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-90)

A group picture from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the top row, fourth from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-90/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-89)

Probably the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, third from the right.

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img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-93)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] in the middle with maybe some of her teaching colleagues in Japan."

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img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-91)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Series of 3 photographs of [Shidzuyo Yasui] and her colleagues in Japan."

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img Japanese American siblings at Nanukaichi, Japan (ddr-densho-259-4)

Roku and Michi Yasui at Nanukaichi, Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-4/

img District of houses in Tokyo, Japan (ddr-densho-299-52)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1952. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood in construction / of domestic housing in Japan. Crowded conditions due to lack of available / space create a fire hazard which is / eventually a drain on the forests of / the country. Shinjuku, Yotsuya-Ku Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-52/

img Allied troops land in Southern Japan (ddr-densho-299-119)

Caption: "In Southern Japan, troops who only a month previous thought they would be / storming these shores under heavy fire, land amidst the usual gripes and 'snafus.'"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-119/

img Rubble of prefecture in Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-45)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5485. 29 June 48 / Quake leaves Fukui prefecture in ruins: / A signal corps cameraman records the / devastating effects of the quake which / struck on June 28th, 1948, and left / the prefecture of Fukui in ruins. / The quake which left thousands upon / thousands homeless struck without warning. …

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