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img Mitsuye Yabe and Friends (ddr-ohs-1-203)

Photograph of three women. Left to right: Mitsuye Yabe, unidentified, and unidentified. Photograph appears to have been taken while on a trip to Japan.

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img At a park (ddr-densho-356-27)

Richard Tsukada posing for the camera at a Park in Tokyo. Inscribed on the back: "at a park in Tokyo Japan 1939 or 1940."

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doc Letter from D.F. Goggin, Motor Officer, to the American Consul, Yokohama, Japan, April 18, 1951 (ddr-csujad-12-5)

This letter confirms that Tsugitada Kanamori has worked for D.F. Goggin since June 1946 at the time this letter was written and has been a model employee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tsu_01_01_005

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img Members of the Central Raw Silk Association of Japan in front of the Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-300-309)

Caption in album: "Mr. T Ohamoto, Vice Pres. Central Raw Silk Ass'n."

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doc Notarization from Eugene H. Dooman, Consul of the United States of America at Kobe, Japan (ddr-csujad-55-2013)

Notarization from Eugene H. Dooman, Consul of the United States of America at Kobe, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2116

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doc Official Red Cross message sent from Henri Takahashi to his father, Otoharu Takahashi in Japan (ddr-densho-410-588)

Assuring him they are all fine

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doc Short article regarding a Japanese ambassador (ddr-njpa-4-1875)

Article [translation]: "New Local Japanese Vice-Consul Arrives. Torao Oshio, new Japanese vice-consul here, arrived in Honolulu last night at 9:10 from Tokyo by Japan Air Lines, accompanied by his wife, Miyoko, and 8-year-old daughter, Chitaru. Oshio will succeed Kazuo Nakajima, who is leaving for Japan with his family on Nov. 8 for reassignment. After attending Chuo …

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doc Immigrant inspection card (ddr-densho-23-12)

Immigrants were required by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to carry an inspection card. During their voyage from Japan, Issei were checked daily to ensure that they were not carrying communicable diseases (see bottom portion of first page). Information from the card indicates that the steamship voyage from Japan took approximately eighteen days. This card belonged …

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img Shigeru Miyamoto swimming in competition (ddr-njpa-4-713)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "National Swimming Competition. The 12th All-Japan Junior High School Swimming Competition will be held at Jingu Pool on the 6th. The swimmers are from 56 schools from the eastern, middle and western regions of Japan. The photo is Shigeru Miyamoto of Tadotsu Junior High School, who won the first heat of the …

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img Japanese professor greeting German and Italian students (ddr-njpa-4-1481)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Students of Japan, Germany and Italy meet. (Rome) Domei. When a team of German students visited Italy, students from Japan, Germany and Italy held a student exchange meeting in the suburbs of Rome. The photo shows the interchange between students from the three countries. At the center is the Japanese deputy, instructor …

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img Nobusuke Kishi shaking hands with Samuel Wilder King (ddr-njpa-4-427)

Caption on reverse: "JAPAN PREMIER GREETED HERE: Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi is shown being greeted by Governor Samuel Wilder King on his arrival here last night from Tokyo aboard a Japan Air Lines plane en route to Washington, D.C. Looking on are Honolulu's Consul-General Hisaji Hattori, left, and Hirohide Ishida, chief secretary of Premier Kishi's …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 24 (June 23, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-25)

Selected article titles: "California Legislature Votes to Return Escheat Funds, Restores Liquor License" (p. 1), "JACL Official Cites Changes in Status of Nisei in America" (p. 1), "Restoration of U.S. Citizenship To Strandees Who Voted in '46 in Japan Asked in New Bill" (p. 2), "Ninth Circuit Court Reverses Ruling Restoring Citizenship To Nisei Who Voted …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 12, (September 21, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-37)

Select article titles: "50th Anniversary JACL's Oldest Chapter to Honor Hirasuna" (p.1); "Asian Americans Surpass Nat'l Average: Census" (p.1); "Nisei Farmers Form Patrols to Protect Raisins" (p.1); "Hakujin Comic Mistakes Nisei for Native from Japan" (p.2); "Japan Embassy Accepts Denial of FBI Break-in" (p.3); "Japanese Classes Underway at S.F. Grade, Jr. Highs" (p.6).

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img Kamie Taenaka, family reunion (ddr-csujad-25-158)

A group photograph of Kamie Taenaka and her relatives in Japan. It appears to be taken at a house in Totsugawa, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_030

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img Nisei linguists (ddr-densho-114-138)

Original caption: 1st Lt. Fred Uyehara of Chicago, Ill., assignment officer at the linguist training and control section, G-2, GHQ-FEC, left, interviews Lt. Yoshio Hotta of Oakland, Calif., concerning reassignment as a linguist officer in the Far East Command. Lt. Uyehara and Lt. Hotta are typical of the Niseis serving with the occupation forces in Japan. …

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img Military housing (ddr-densho-114-151)

Original caption: An effort is made to find housing for military personnel by a house-to-house canvass of homes in the Tokyo, Japan, area. Nisei Tec 5 Tom T. Aoyagi, Hq. Co., dependents' housing section, GHQ, Army Forces in the Pacific, of Milo, Hawaii, assists Major Clarence L. Dufgeans, Pacusa Chofu Flight section, of Montgomery, Ala., right. …

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img Woman and child (ddr-densho-258-37)

A woman holding a small child outside. Note on piece of paper to the left: "Tony Kato, Born Jan 18, 1906 so Seattle Wash. Kimiko Kato, Born 1906 Fife Wash. Fumiyo Kato Born Fife Wash 3-27-1910. Hideo Jan 1, 1912 Died Oct 5, 1987. Chizuko [illegible] Mar 3-7-1920 died in Japan. Toyota Kato Born in Japan …

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img Tatsuta Maru (ddr-densho-357-726)

Handwritten caption: "Hiroko and Hanako leaving for Japan on Tatsuta Maru, March 23, 1933." Hiroko Terakawa and Hanako Terakawa are not easily visible, but Tansai Terakawa stands in the front of the group (to the left of center). The Tatsuta Maru was a Japanese ocean liner that consistently made the Trans-Pacific crossing between the countries of …

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img Japanese American soldier and civilian (ddr-densho-397-161)

The caption in the photo album reads "Dr. Cotner and I about to leave HQ IX Corps for work".\n\nTakashi Matsui is in uniform on the left and Dr. Cotner in a suite on the right. Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World …

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vh Maria Sato Interview (ddr-manz-1-165)

Nisei female. Born November 19, 1930, in Trujillo, Peru, where father ran a construction company. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and taken to the United States. The family joined him in Crystal City, Texas, then went to Japan after the war. Maria lived and worked in Japan until the …

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img Chu Minyi receiving a bouquet (ddr-njpa-1-142)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ambassador Chu Arrives. Chu Minyi, the first Ambassador to Japan from the new Nationalist Government, and his party arrived in Yokohama aboard the Hachiman Maru at 7 a.m. on the 5th and then immediately headed to the capital. Photograph: 1. Chu Minyi receiving flowers aboard the Hachiman Maru from Chinese students residing …

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vh Fumi Kaseguma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-203)

Nisei female. Born April 20, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Spent one summer in Japan just before the onset of war between the U.S. and Japan. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp as part of the National Youth Administration, and worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Chicago, …

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vh Tsuchino Forrester Interview (ddr-densho-1000-439)

Shin-Issei female. Born March 30, 1931, in Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan. Grew up in Kasuga where parents ran a farm. Graduated from a girl's high school during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Met future husband, a U.S. serviceman, and immigrated to the United States as a "war bride."

(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript provided …

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vh Noboru Kamibayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-477)

Nisei male. Born June 23, 1930, in Fairfax, Washington. Grew up in Venice, California, where parents had a produce farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and decided to return with the family to Japan to live. After several years in Japan, came …

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doc Christmas postcard from Y. Domoto (ddr-densho-329-919)

Japanese postcard with a design of samurai in the mountains on the front; the back is addressed to Kaneji Domoto in Oakland and signed "Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year. Jan 1st 1921. Osaka Japan / Y. Domoto". Card also has Japanese characters on the front and back and says in English …

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