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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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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 Honolulu Chamber of Commerce president, predecessor and his wife, and Honolulu postmaster (ddr-njpa-2-1049)

Caption on reverse: "BACK FROM JAPAN VISIT: Four Honolulans returned from a two-week visit to Japan as guests of Japan Air Lines aboard JAL's 'City of Tokyo' Saturday night. Left to right, they were: Porter Dickinson, immediate past president of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Dickinson; Richard H. Wheeler, president of the Honolulu Chamber, and …

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img Kocho Otani, his wife, and Higashi Honganji members (ddr-njpa-4-1898)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Tokyo, December 1, 1936. Last year Kocho Otani decided to plan a radical reformation of education and learning in the religious sect. He is the head of Higashi Honganji. He is going to [?] throughout Japan. At first, Otani, his wife Tomoko, President Sekiene, and Koga, who is [?], got to Tokyo …

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img Nisei linguists attending Japanese language class (ddr-densho-114-166)

Original caption: Nisei Japanese soldiers, interpreters of the linguist section, Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, attend class in legal terminology as part of training program to better their knowledge of the Japanese language. 9-3-46.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 24 (December 14, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-50)

Selected article titles: "Semi-Gov't Japan Agency to Step Up Temporary Farm Laborers Program" (p. 1), "Annual immigration quota for Japan may be raised to 563" (p. 1), "Urge middle ground in current textile, quota controversy" (p. 2), "Tokyoite answers Keyes Beech's article on Japanese indifferentism to communism" (p. 2), "Marysville fetes Japan farm laborers" (p. 3), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 20 (November 17, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-45)

Selected article titles: "To Save International District Seattle's Domed Stadium Groundbreaking Distrupted" (p.1), "34-page Petition Protests ILGWU Subway Poster" (p.1, 3), "Little Tokyo Denizen Hijacks JAL Jet Plane in Japan" (p.1, 6), "Work of Nisei G-2 in WW2 'Stupendous'" (p.4).

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img Nisei draftsman preparing maps (ddr-densho-114-157)

Original caption: Tec 5 George Fuyasho of Portland, Oregon, a Nisei Japanese draftsman for the Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Forces in the Pacific, prepares sketches and maps necessary for the production of documents, Floor plans and blueprints. Tokyo, Japan. 9-3-46.

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img Nisei interpreter questioning a witness for the war crimes trials (ddr-densho-114-167)

Original caption: Tec 3 Ben Oshita (left) of Salt Lake City, Utah, interpreting the questions of Capt. Arthur A. Sandusky, staff attorney, asked of a possible prosecution witness for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, in the Ministry of War Building, Tokyo, Japan. Miss Lenore Scott is the stenographer for the inquisition. This is …

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img Proofreading military documents (ddr-densho-114-140)

Original caption: Tec 4 [illegible] from Hilo, Hawaii, checks a document to determine its accuracy before it is delivered to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and other Allied military authorities. Proof-reading of all manuscripts and documents for typegraphical errors, is one of the important positions held by both civilian and military Nisei personnel in …

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img Photo album (ddr-densho-357-565)

This photo album with a black cover is tied with green string and contains 50 pages with 73 photographs. The bulk dates of the photographs are circa 1933-1934. The label taped to the front reads: "Hanako Terakawa, Kyoto Japan, April 10, 1934."\n\nThe album contains photographs from the Terakawa family's extended two-year stay in Kyoto, Japan, including …

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img Joseph Grew and his wife returning to Japan (ddr-njpa-1-542)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "US Ambassador Grew Returns to Post. (Tokyo) October 11, 1939. US Ambassador to Japan Joseph Conrad Grew, who had returned to the US in connection to his mission of realigning relations between the US and Japan, and his wife entered Yokohama port at 5:30 p.m. on the 10th aboard the Tatsuta Maru …

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doc Four-part article regarding Juji Kasai's report on Japan-U.S. relations (ddr-njpa-4-630)

Article title and sub-heading [translation]: "Japan-U.S. Relationship in Crisis Kasai Juji reporting from Washington, D.C." Article text [translation]: "The following serial reports are from telegrams Juji Kasai sent to Tokyo while he met with politicians, diplomats, news reporters, and friends during his 6-day visit to Washington..."

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img Supply clerks (ddr-densho-114-156)

Original caption: Nisei Japanese supply clerks, work in the supply room from which supplies are issued to the Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan. L-R: Pfc. Hideo Ikeuchi, Tec 5 Tom Maruyama, and Pfc. Francis Nakagawa. 9-3-46.

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img Panorama of two baseballs teams on field (ddr-ajah-5-88)

Caption below photo: 1928 Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team vs. Keio University of Tokyo, Japan. Alameda, CA. L to R of the men in suit and tie: Ryosaku Akagi: President of the Alameda Japanese Association and then Hikotaro "Harry" Kono, ATK President. Includes handwritten note describing the photo

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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 19, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-124)

A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is stationed as a U.S. military soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. Masao describes his stay in Japan, being transferred from Sagamihara, Kanagawa, to Tokyo, possibly being …

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img Sohn Kee-Chung at the 1936 Olympic awards ceremony (ddr-njpa-4-2602)

Caption on reverse: "The crowning of the winner of the greatest Olympic championship. Kitie [sic] Son of Japan, a 21-year-old Korean-born student of Tokyo, who won the fastest Marathon in the history of the games by covering the twenty-six miles in 2 hours 29 minutes 19.2 seconds."

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 7 (August 13, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-32)

Selected article titles: "JACL National Board Urges Continued Full-Fledged Right for Issei Citizen Rights" (p. 1), "Government Winds Up Case in Trial of 'Tokyo Rose'" (p. 1), "Loyalty Not Matter of Race, Says Japan Paper of Nisei" (p. 3), "California Agency Rescinds Ban on Issei Liquor Licenses" (p. 8).

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img W. Cameron Forbes meeting with Chuji Machida (ddr-njpa-1-374)

Caption on reverse: "The American Economic Mission to Japan and China in conference with Japanese Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Chuji Machida, at the official residence of Mr. Machida. Seated behind the table: (left) Mr. Machida, (right) Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, chairman of the American Economic Mission. April 9, Tokyo."

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doc Letter from Nobuyuki Tanimoto to Mr. Mas [Masao] Okine, November 27, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-178)

A letter from Nobuyuki Tanimoto to his brother-in-law, Masao Okine. Nobuyuki writes from Japan where he is stationed as a US Army soldier of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or General Headquarters (GHQ). He describes his work place, Prince Shimazu House, in Tokyo, Japan, and also improvement from inadequate supplies in Japan after the war. …

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Narrator Frank H. Hirata

Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 2 (January 12, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-2)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Leaders More Concerned Over Shabby U.S. Treatment of Japan Trade" (p.1), "Seattle City Council Turns Down Proposal to Prohibit Housing Ban" (p.1), "Nisei in Hawaii Losing Political Grip, Says Inouye" (p.1), "After Pearl Harbor" (p.2), "Li'l Tokyo Issei Cited for Goodwill Push" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 10 (September 6, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-36)

Selected article titles: "Thirty-Five March Under JACL Banner in August 28 March for Jobs, Freedom" (pp. 1-2), "JACL Answers Negroes' Painful Call for Help, Says Matsunaga" (pp. 1-2, 4), "Chicago Veterans to Commemorate 20th 422 [sic] Anniv." (p. 3), and "Tokyo Topics: First Nisei Decorated by Japan" (p. 4).

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img Postcards (ddr-csujad-25-45)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four postcards of Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, are pasted on the page. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_045

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-340)

[Handwritten Draft] Ai Chih Tsai just returned from special mission for US government in Japan. He met Khe-an and many Formosans in Tokyo. Formosa is facing difficult a period. He focused on meeting the post-war spiritual needs of Formosas: educational institutions, missionaries and securing the help of the Foreign Missionary Boards.

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