Nisei male. Born July 4, 1920 in Delta, Colorado. Grew up in small mining and farming towns in Colorado, Utah and Arizona, until his family moved to Boyle Heights in the Los Angeles, California area. After graduating from high school, he tested discrimination and employment practices and eventually succeeded in obtaining a job at a bank. …

In 1988, Congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, a historic piece of legislation that sought, for the first time, to provide a measure of justice to Japanese Americans nearly 40 years after their incarceration during World War II. The Japanese American Redress program that resulted is a little-known success story of …

Program for horse races at the Alameda county fair.

Issue 10 includes an article about Bishop Kenko Yamashita, upcoming gathering plans, information about a Japanese Peruvian oral history project, and more.

Issue 86 includes a recap of a Las Vegas trip, an article about Hawaii concentration camp sites, a repatriate's story, and more.

Issue 107 includes a recap of the Shinnenkai luncheon, an article about the film "Ninety Nine Years of Love," a speech by Eric Saul, and more.