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![Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 10, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-121)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/98/5a/985a9e384e81da3476dcd4c2284e90e7.jpg)
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Negative strip (ddr-densho-356-32)
Negative strip of four images of Richard Tsukada's trip to Japan c. 1939. Print copies of the negatives visible at ddr-densho-356-24, ddr-densho-356-29, and ddr-densho-356-21. Images 1 & 2: Negatives of Richard Tsukada sitting a on a rock above water. Image 3: Negative of a group of 12 people on the deck of the …
Narrator Ramsay Yosuke Mori
Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …
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Short article regarding a judo champion (ddr-njpa-4-1028)
Article text [translation]: "Supervisor, 6th-grade in Judo, born in Akita, 33 years old. The golden age which the Meiji University Judo Club experienced before was obtained with his power. Can it be said it is an odd chance of fortune that this time he is the coach of the same Judo club which is commemorating the …
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Kikuko Matsumoto receiving flowers before a flight (ddr-njpa-4-843)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "First female pilot to fly to Manchuria. Miss Matsumoto departed in clear autumn weather. (Tokyo) October 23, 1934. With the important missions of friendship between Japan and Manchuria and an imperial military inquiry into Manchuria, our female pilot was planning her first flight to Manchuria. Miss Kikuko Matsumoto, 23, from Asia Pilot …
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Mineo Osumi recording a speech (ddr-njpa-4-1818)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "[?] at the Yasukuni Shrine. (Tokyo) 1938 April 23. A special festival at the Yasukuni Shrine will be held from the 24th to the 28th. The spirits of those who died for their homeland, Japan, are honored at Yasukuni Shrine. The Emperor of Japan will come to the Yasukuni Shrine on the …
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W. Cameron Forbes (ddr-njpa-1-372)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "US Ambassador to Japan W. Cameron Forbes ended his leave of absence of approximately 6 months, returning to work after entering Yokohama harbor before daybreak on the 5th aboard the Empress of Asia from Vancouver accompanied by Mrs. Forbes and Ms. Kendall [?]. The ambassador said the following aboard the ship: 'Although …
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Tamekichi Ota meeting with Koki Hirota (ddr-njpa-4-1930)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ambassador's report on important pending problems. (Tokyo) 1934 December 12. Tomekichi Ota returned home on the 10th. He visited Minister Hirota at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 11:45 on the morning of the 12th. After Ota's formal greeting, he reported on the political situation of Russia. Ota talked about an agreement …
![Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 10, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-121)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b0/08/b008621cc4cbd7352bdd5ce9a5199fc8.jpg)
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Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 10, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-121)
A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne. This letter is written in Japan where Masao is currently stationed as a Nisei soldier and mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao describes his work as a US Army solider in Japan: He has …
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Mineo Osumi and visiting Japanese Americans (ddr-njpa-4-1813)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Visit by Japanese living abroad to the Minister of the Navy. (Tokyo) 1934 April 6. Nisei from Los Angeles came to Japan to see the flowers of their homeland, which they had not seen before. They arrived on Entatsu [Tatsuta?] Maru, which arrived in the port of Yokohama on the 5th. They …
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Olinda Saito's House (ddr-one-2-270)
Black and white photographic print of Olinda Saito’s house outside of Tokyo with seven individuals standing or seated around dining table. From left: Olinda Saito seated, Olinda’s boyfriend Raymond Funakoshi (standing), unidentified Japanese athlete (seated), unidentified woman, Olinda’s youngest sister Aki Saito (standing), Tami Okamura (seated) and Olinda Saito’s mother (seated). Olinda was a Japanese citizen …
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Translating Japanese documents (ddr-densho-114-152)
Original caption: Team G, Nisei Japanese, of the translation and scanning sub-section, General Headquarters, Allied Forces in the Pacific, NYK Building, Tokyo, Japan, work at translating Japanese documents requested by other organizations. This team is responsible for the full translation of letters for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander for the Allied Powers. L-R: Tec 4 …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 107 (September 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-194)
Selected article titles: "Camp Folks Ready for Relocation"; "'Tokyo Rose' Taken Into Custody by Yank M. P.S."; "On the Other Hand"; "'Gentlemen, He'll Have to Answer to Me!'"; "Over the Top"; "Heap Praises on Mayor of Bay City"; "Missionaries Prepare to Go Back to Japan"; "Medicaid Care for Veterans"; "These are Some of the Things Soldiers …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 126 (October 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-212)
Selected article titles: "Inertia Prevents Tule Relocation"; "'He Seems to Have Been Born Brave'"; "Interior Secretary States WRA to Drop Tule Lake Management by February 1"; "Fear Mother Atomic Bomb Victim in Japan"; "Committee Supporting Non-Deportation Plan"; "Tokyo Rose Jailed on Suspicion of Treason"; "'They Speak Only Japanese at Restaurant'"; "Still Remembered"; "Soldier Killed in Plane …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 12 (ddr-densho-156-214)
Article titles: "Seizes 3 Japanese Stores"; "American-Born Jap Wants to Enter War Poster Contest"; "The Chiseler is Here"; "Work Completed on 160 Houses Heart Mountain Project"; "Workers Needed"; "Refuses Farm Jobs to Coast Evacuees"; "Socorro Citizens Vote to Seek Establishment of Internment Camp"; "Evacuated 'Little Tokyo' May be Latin-American Quarter of City"; "If Americans in Japan …
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W. Cameron Forbes honoring the Girls World Basketball Free Throw champions (ddr-njpa-1-385)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Girls World Basketball Free Throw Championship Cup Award Ceremony. The girls team from Shoei Girls' High School in Shibashirokanezaru [?], Tokyo won the World Basketball Free Throw Championship. As the four championship trophies and four gold medals sent to Japanese committee member [illegible] by the committee in Memphis, Tennessee, USA had arrived, …
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Helen Keller being filmed during her trip to Japan (ddr-njpa-1-761)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The Miraculous Voice Goes to the Movies. (Tokyo) April 16, 1937. Helen Keller's miraculous voice and holy appearance were captured by a talkie camera under the luxuriantly blossoming cherry trees of the Imperial Hotel's courtyard on her first Sunday in Japan. With the assistance of Ms. Thomson [illegible] the dialog under the …
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Mike Murase Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-526)
Sansei male. Born January 25, 1947, in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Moved to the U.S. with family at age nine and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and was involved in a number of civil rights movements and organizations. One of the founders of Gidra, the groundbreaking Asian American publication. Worked for both of …
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Mike Murase Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-525)
Sansei male. Born January 25, 1947, in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Moved to the U.S. with family at age nine and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and was involved in a number of civil rights movements and organizations. One of the founders of Gidra, the groundbreaking Asian American publication. Worked for both of …
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Toraji Onaka seated at a piano (ddr-njpa-4-1687)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) February 11, 1936. The Music Department of the Imperial Court is going to produce Japanese court music which will be played by Western musical instruments. The melody of the Imperial Court music is expected to be popular worldwide. The Music Department of the Imperial Court hired newcomers to organize the wind …
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Kohei Murakoso running in pre-Olympic trials (ddr-njpa-4-1151)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) May 23, 1936. National track meet held 11th all-Japan league. The third day of selections for the Berlin Olympics were held from 11 a.m. on the 23rd. The heavy rain from last night was letting up and soft beams of sunlight were coming through, but the track still had many puddles. …
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Ikuo Oyama and his wife being led through a crowd under guard (ddr-njpa-4-1664)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ikuo Oyama and wife departed from Tokyo Station by train on the 17th at 12:30 p.m. because they could not receive [?] to Manchuria, going to America instead. Guards were very strict during this time, and when he got out from their taxi nobody was allowed near him because security guards, policemen …
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Shumei Okawa and others (ddr-njpa-4-1586)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) June 16, 1936. Dr. Shumei Okawa, who is a civilian accessory of the 5.15 Incident, President of [?] (51), was judged [?] of Chief Justice Shimizu as an accessory to the Navy on December 24th last year. He was referred to [?] and received a penalty of five years' imprisonment ([?]), …
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Mr. and Mrs. Naokichi Matsunaga with a Dutch minister and his wife (ddr-njpa-4-865)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Matsunaga left for his new post, ambassador to Holland. The new Japanese ambassador to Holland, Mr. Naokichi Matsunaga, with his wife, took a train from Tokyo Station at 12:52 p.m. on the 28th and left from Yokohama by ship. The picture shows, from the right, Ambassador Matsunaga and his wife at Tokyo …
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Ryushi Kawabata in his studio (ddr-njpa-4-549)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ryushi Kawabata, the king of the Seiryusha exhibition, has been devoted to bringing along his pupils to his studio in Omori. At the same time, he has been working on his great pieces, 'Pearl' and 'South Winds.' The 'Pearl' is very rare in Japanese painting. The photo shows 'Pearl' and Mr. Kawabata …