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Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 3 of 4. (ddr-one-5-171)
doc Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 3 of 4. (ddr-one-5-171)
Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report notes that cannot verify if the FBI actually had the Japanese Association under surveillance, but the secretive activities of the group warranted greater scrutiny. The FBI does not find Koyama to be a Japanese leader, but his continued financial support …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-171/
Parade float (ddr-densho-13-47)
img Parade float (ddr-densho-13-47)
This Japanese Chamber of Commerce float was readied for the Potlatch parade. Front (left to right): unidentified, Mr. Sawada, Mr. Uyeminami, and Kinzo Asaba. On the float (left to right): unidentified, Teruko (last name unknown), unidentified, Mariko Mukai, Ms. Kihara, and Kazuko Itoi.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-47/
Men and women pose for a group photograph (ddr-densho-395-88)
img Men and women pose for a group photograph (ddr-densho-395-88)
Men and women, some wearing kimonos, pose for a group photograph on the steps between two buildings. Accompanying materials indicate that this photograph may be from a Japanese Chamber of Commerce queen competition and that a man in back is possibly Mr. Fuji.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-88/
Duplicate of 2016.23.09 (ddr-one-5-104)
doc Duplicate of 2016.23.09 (ddr-one-5-104)
Duplicate of 2016.23.09. Stamped "JAN 15 1942" in upper right hand corner.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-104/

Narrator Warren H. Watanabe

Nisei male. Born August 12, 1921, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where father worked as the executive secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp to attend college and the University of Chicago. Earned …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1055/
Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 3 of 4 (ddr-one-5-155)
doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 3 of 4 (ddr-one-5-155)
Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. This page continues with the assessment of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber felt it was under FBI investigation in 1940 and someone there suggested they conduct their meetings in secret. The report states …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-155/
Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 3 of 6. (ddr-one-5-100)
doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 3 of 6. (ddr-one-5-100)
Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. Confidential Informant N1 provided another translated article from the North American Times dated February 14, 1941 which stated that Koyama was appointed to the Industrial Department of the Japanese Association of Oregon, which was reorganized as a new Japanese Chamber of Commerce. On March 5, 1941, Koyama was …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-100/
Takami Hibiya's translation notes for Chuzaburo Ito's personal history (ddr-densho-381-167)
doc Takami Hibiya's translation notes for Chuzaburo Ito's personal history (ddr-densho-381-167)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-167/
Investigative report of Takami Hibiya (ddr-densho-381-138)
doc Investigative report of Takami Hibiya (ddr-densho-381-138)
A previously confidential federal investigation of Takami Hibiya's history, family, and American loyalty.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-138/
Conrad Akamine and Takaaki Nakata (ddr-njpa-5-103)
img Conrad Akamine and Takaaki Nakata (ddr-njpa-5-103)
Caption on reverse: "Japanese Jaycees Install New Prexy: Conrad K. Akamine, left, and Takaaki Nakata are the incoming and outgoing presidents of the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce. The former, who was installed at a banquet held at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel last night, is shown receiving a poi pounder which he will use as …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-103/
Gilbert Bowles receiving a lei from the Japanese Consul General's wife (ddr-njpa-2-85)
img Gilbert Bowles receiving a lei from the Japanese Consul General's wife (ddr-njpa-2-85)
Caption on reverse: "A LEI FOR DR. BOWLES: Mrs. Hisaji Hattori, wife of the Japanese Consul General, presents a lei to Dr. Gilbert Bowles at a dinner honoring him on his 89th birthday. Among the 500 persons who attended the banquet were (left to right) Miss Virginia Bowles, granddaughter of Dr. Bowles; Mrs. Herbert Bowles, Dr. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-85/
Warren H. Watanabe Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-2)
vh Warren H. Watanabe Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-2)
Nisei male. Born August 12, 1921, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where father worked as the executive secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp to attend college and the University of Chicago. Earned …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-phljacl-1-2/
Sentinel supplement, series 86 (June 18, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1066)
doc Sentinel supplement, series 86 (June 18, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1066)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on employment, a note discouraging incarcerees to write to the Chamber of Commerce, boys club, and lost-and-found. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1068
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1066/
22nd Federation of Kumamoto Kaigai Kyokai Conference (ddr-csujad-56-317)
img 22nd Federation of Kumamoto Kaigai Kyokai Conference (ddr-csujad-56-317)
Panoramic photo of attendants of the 22nd Federation of Kumamoto Kaigai Kyokai Conference. It is taken in front of Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce building. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. This image belongs to a group of images related …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-317/

Narrator Mitsue Matsui

Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/52/
Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 4 of 4 (ddr-one-5-156)
doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 4 of 4 (ddr-one-5-156)
Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. This page concludes the decision to intern Dr. Koyama as an enemy alien since his involvement with organizations like Sokoku Kai and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce may lead to him show disloyalty to the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-156/
An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-56-1)
vh An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-56-1)
Chairman of Japanese American Cultural Center and former president of Japanese Chamber of Commerce recounts conditions of prewar Los Angeles's Little Tokyo, its wartime conversion into a black community, postwar reestablishment as a Japanese-American cultural and commercial center. Includes comments on discriminatory legislation, prewar Japan-American relations. World War II removal and incarceration, camp conditions, wartime repatriation …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-56-1/
Hisato Ichimada and daughter with Masahide Kanayama and Chamber of Commerce president (ddr-njpa-4-114)
img Hisato Ichimada and daughter with Masahide Kanayama and Chamber of Commerce president (ddr-njpa-4-114)
Caption on reverse: "ICHIMADA GREETED: Japanese Finance Minister Hisato Ichimada and Financial Commissioner Gengo Suzuki are in Honolulu today enroute home to Tokyo from Washington, D.C., where they attended the general meetings of the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development and International Monetary Fund. Ichimada was accompanied by his daughter, Tomoko, and secretary. The party arrived …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-114/
Japanese Favored By Chamber of Commerce. Seattle Commercial Organization Will Send Resolutions to President Decrying Proposed Immigration Treaty. Hold Discrimination Will Injure Coast. (March 20, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-80)
doc Japanese Favored By Chamber of Commerce. Seattle Commercial Organization Will Send Resolutions to President Decrying Proposed Immigration Treaty. Hold Discrimination Will Injure Coast. (March 20, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-80)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 20, 1907, p. 8
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-80/
An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda (ddr-csujad-29-56)
vh An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda (ddr-csujad-29-56)
Chairman of Japanese American Cultural Center and former president of Japanese Chamber of Commerce recounts conditions of prewar Los Angeles's Little Tokyo, its wartime conversion into a black community, postwar reestablishment as a Japanese-American cultural and commercial center. Includes comments on discriminatory legislation, prewar Japan-American relations. World War II removal and incarceration, camp conditions, wartime repatriation …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-56/
Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 2 of 4 (ddr-one-5-154)
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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-154/
Prince Tokugawa Given Rousing Welcome Here. Distinguished Japanese Statesman Reaches Seattle and Becomes Honored Guest of Local Chamber of Commerce. Banquet Tonight in Rainier Club Rooms. (April 28, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-163)
doc Prince Tokugawa Given Rousing Welcome Here. Distinguished Japanese Statesman Reaches Seattle and Becomes Honored Guest of Local Chamber of Commerce. Banquet Tonight in Rainier Club Rooms. (April 28, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-163)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 28, 1910, p. 15
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-163/
U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 98b - 102b of 111. Koyama continues to answer "No" to all questions regarding his or family involvement in foreign governments or their military. He also states that he has never aided an …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-146/
Mitsue Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-3)
vh Mitsue Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-3)
Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-3/
Seattle to Entertain Admiral Togo. Plans Under Way to Receive Great Naval Hero. Togo Will Come to Seattle and Sail From Here. Famous Japanese Sea Fighter Changes His Plans in Response to Invitation by Chamber of Commerce. (August 7, 1911) (ddr-densho-56-205)
doc Seattle to Entertain Admiral Togo. Plans Under Way to Receive Great Naval Hero. Togo Will Come to Seattle and Sail From Here. Famous Japanese Sea Fighter Changes His Plans in Response to Invitation by Chamber of Commerce. (August 7, 1911) (ddr-densho-56-205)
The Seattle Daily Times, August 7, 1911, pp. 1, 2
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-205/
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