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img Two men sharing a drink (ddr-densho-494-45)

Torayoshi (Muraki) Maida is sitting on the left. Caption on website: "Saying goodbye to Japan / After accepting the offer of marriage from the Maida family, Torayoshi spent some time at his family home in Kebara." and "Farewell, 1919"

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 647 (June 8, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-682)

Selected article titles: "Japan Developing Good Food Supply" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "White River to Meet Comets; 'B' League Enters Play Off" (p. 3), "Maryknoll Home of Missioners Who Minister to Body and Spirit" (p. 4)

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 157 (December 27, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-187)

Selected article titles: "Japan Diet Opens for 159th Session on December 24" (p. 1), "Undefeated Fives to Meet Tonight for Class A Lead" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Kawasaki Chosen Lotus President for Second Year" (p. 4)

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 151 (November 15, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-181)

Selected article titles: "Premier of Japan Shot by Assassin, Likely to Recover" (p. 1), "Japanese, Rainier Teams to Battle for First Victory" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Carnival Booths to Display Goods from 7 Tonight" (p. 4)

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 141 (September 6, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-171)

Selected article titles: "Japan Maintains 1 Minute Silence for Quake Dead" (p. 1), "Nippons Lose and Win; Take Series from Asahi Team" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Japanese Family, Not Individual, is Basis of Society" (p. 4)

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 2, No. 86 (August 17, 1929) (ddr-densho-96-115)

Selected article titles: "Japan Holding to Naval Reductions by Cutting Budget" (p. 1), "Girls Club Plans to Sponsor Three Tennis Tourneys" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Excess Money of Mixer Fund Given to '30 Conventiox" (p. 4)

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img Boxes from Uchi Date's Bento carrier (ddr-ajah-6-399)

Caption below photo: Uchi Date's stackable bento boxes, without the outer box to carry all of these smaller boxes together. She brought it with her from Japan in 1912. Uchi lived with her husband, Hajime, in Alameda, CA.

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doc Article regarding Takeo Miki (ddr-njpa-4-931)

Article: "Progressive Party Leader Of Japan Here. Takeo Miki, chief secretary of the Progressive Party (Kaishinto) of Japan, and Mrs. Miki are visiting in Honolulu today enroute back to Japan after a two months' world tour. They arrived here last night from San Francisco at 10 by plane, and are scheduled to depart for Tokyo tonight …

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vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-153)

Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, March 31, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-139)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. In the letter, she writes about her family in Japan. She has received a letter from her family in Japan and learned about their situations. She writes about her father who suffers from flash burns because of the atomic bombing in August. …

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview (ddr-densho-1000-333)

Nisei male. Born February 13, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Hollywood, California, and was living there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and the family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, then designated as a …

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vh Jack Dairiki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-325-10)

Living in Japan as a teenager when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor: "I was just caught in the situation"

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not …

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vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-153-33)

Story of a relative who was "tricked" by the Japanese government into going to Japan and being drafted into the Japanese army

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his …

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doc Nobusuke Kishi's son (ddr-njpa-4-426)

Caption on front: "PREMIER'S SON: Nobukazu Kishi, 35-year-old son of Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, arrived in Honolulu this morning at 7:55 from Tokyo by Japan Air Lines, accompanied by one of the premier's private secretaries, Michio Kawabe. They plan to leave here Sunday night for San Francisco to join the prime minister on his official …

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img Takuo Godo and other Japanese envoys in Berlin (ddr-njpa-4-1062)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei photo, International News. December 3, 1937. Envoy Godo playing an active part. (Berlin) Domei publication. The former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Admiral Takuo Godo, who is in Germany to present the correct position of Japan, received an enthusiastic welcome from the people and officials of Germany, and he is gathering …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 8 (August 20, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-33)

Selected article titles: "Plan to Initiate Case for New Supreme Court Test of State Alien Land Law in California" (p. 1), "Galen Fisher Initiates Move To Oppose Appointment of Bendetsen to High Army Post" (p. 2), "Ruling Permits Longer Japan Visits by Nisei" (p. 2), "Undertake Study of Adjustment of Former Tuleans in Hawaii" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 7 (February 19, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-7)

Selected article titles: "Many Cemeteries in Chicago Continue Policy of Refusal to Bury Remains of Nisei War Dead" (p. 1), "Settlement of Evacuation Loss Claims Must Await Passage of Appropriation by Congress" (p. 1), "Japan to Seize Dollar Credits of Repatriates" (p. 1), "Stranded Nisei Cases Set for Trial in L.A." (p. 1), "Japanese Hail U.S. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 11 (March 15, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-11)

Selected article titles: "Wartime Record Cited by Japan U.N. Envoy. New York JACLers Told Heroism Aided in U.S.-Japan Amity" (p. 1), "Hal Kim, Lois Yut top bowlers in JACL Nationals hosted by Seattle" (p. 1), "Rights program for NC-WN chapters being proposed" (p. 1), "Dayton JACL 'Operation Pink Petal' helps city win cleanest town trophy" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2156, Vol. 93, No. 12 (September 18, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-37)

Selected article titles: "Anti-JACL, anti-redress witnesses pepper CWRIC-Seattle" (p. 1), "NAACP's Wilkins challenged JACL forward on civil rights" (p. 1), "Aleuts uprooted by Japan forces, too" (p. 1), "Did the U.S. government believe the Nikkei were 'guilty' in 1941?" (p. 2), "Five-year program with Utah aged Nikkei coming to an end" (p. 3), "JACL raps British …

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img Honey buckets at Shimonoseki City (ddr-csujad-38-433)

Photographed are honey buckets loaded on carts in front of buildings in Shimonoseki, Japan. The captions read: "Honey buckets at Shimonoseki City," and "honey buckets, Shimonoseki" The building signs captured in the photo include Minato Hotel, Kanazawa Traiding Co. Korean Clothing Store, Hikari Men's Shop, and Tokio Hat. Title from caption. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: …

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doc Community analysis report, no. 8, January 28, 1944 (ddr-csujad-19-58)

This issue is titled as Japanese Americans educated in Japan. The document describes about what happened to the children who grew up in California for a while, then went to school in Japan and finally returned back to California. It emphasizes on what effect did living and growing up in two such different places have on …

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img 24th Division G2 (ddr-csujad-38-494)

Photographed are G-2s of 24th Infantry Division siting in an apple orchard. The annotation reads: Stanbery-kun was also guarded by Nakamura-kun, Wake-kun, and Uyenaka-kun. They talked about their good memories when they were stationed at 24th Infantry Division Headquarter in Ogura, Japan. [In Japanese]. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600), …

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doc Letter from Yasaku Naohara to Nobuo Naohara, February 5, 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-571)

A message from Yasaku Naohara in Hiroshima, Japan, to his relative, George Nobuo Naohara in Long Beach, California. It informs George of the safety of his relatives in Hiroshima, Japan. The message was delivered with the assistance of the Red Cross, including Société de la Croix-Rouge du Japon, Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, and American Red …

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doc Letters from Seiichi Okine to Naraji Okine, Masao Okine, and Jokichi Yamanaka, September 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-159)

Contains one envelope and three letters written by Seiichi Okine addressing his son, Masao Okine, his brother Naoji Okine, and his brother-in-law, Jokichi Yamanaka, in Japan. Those three letters are enclosed in an envelope and mailed to Masao Okine who is stationed in Japan via San Francisco by the U.S. Postal Service, but the letter is …

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doc Letter from Shizuka Nishimura to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, October 30, [1947?] [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-216)

A letter from Shizuka Nishimura in San Juan Bautista, California, to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi Okine. She thanks them for chrysanthemum flowers which they sent to her. She receives letters from her family members in Japan and learns that Fumiko Yamanaka is planning to return from Japan to the U.S. soon and that Jogi sent …

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