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img Ryushi Kawabata and one of his sketches (ddr-njpa-4-550)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kawabata returns. Ryushi Kawabata came back from a one-month trip to Beijing and Mongolia. He arrived at Tokyo Station at 9 p.m. on the 27th. The photos are (1) his sketch of the battle line and (2) Mr. Kawabata himself."

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img ATIS Parade Outside NYK Building (ddr-one-2-387)

Black and white photographic print of three unidentified male military personnel marching in ATIS (army translation intelligence service) parade near NYK building in Tokyo away from photographer. Man in foreground is carrying a rifle on his shoulder, and man in center is holding a flag.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 2 (July 9, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-27)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Will Not Seek Death Penalty in d'Aquino Trial. All-Caucasian Jury Selected to Trial Los Angeles Girl on Charges of Wartime Treason" (p. 1), "Tokyo Rose Trial May Bring Out Stories of Other Allied Personnel on Japanese Radio" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 6 [3] (July 21, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-30)

Selected article titles: "Mineta Named to San Jose City Council, 1st Non-White" (p. 1), Missouri ban on mixed marriages lifted in opinion" (p. 1), "Lesson from evacuation recounted" (p. 1), "First impressions of Tokyo for Nisei housewife house-hunting rude experience" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 23 (December 1970) (ddr-pc-42-48)

Selected article titles: "United Way insensitive to Little Tokyo social needs" (p. 1), "Placer County hears Suzuki talk on Sansei identity" (p. 1), "Educators claim bias in textbooks" (p. 1), "Sansei scholar pens 'Perspectives on Black America'" (p. 2), "J.A. Conservatives League" (p. 6).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No.9 (August 26, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-35)

Select article titles: "New York writer recalls heroism of Lt. Daniel Inouye, who led platoon up hill in Italy and cleaned out 3 machine gun nets" (p.8); "U.S. Senate urge to arrange goodwill tour of 100 Tokyo student rioters to U.S." (p.8)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 6 (February 13, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-6)

Selected article titles: "Hearing Set for Appeals of Ruling in Hirabayashi Case" (p. 1), "Formerly Weller St.: Street in Little Tokyo Named for Astronaut" (pp. 1-2), "Government Plan to Put Arab Immigrants in Camps Alleged" (pp. 1, 3), and "Defining 'Multicultural Education'" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 6 (February 12, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-6)

Selected article titles: "Immigration Raids Alarm Little Tokyo" (pp. 1, 12), "FDR 'Tapes' Tell More Than a Few Racial Slurs" (pp. 1, 7), "60th Anniversary Installation: Why the JACL Endures" (p. 7), and "The Major Supreme Court Error of WW2: Evacuation Cases" (p. 9).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,241, Vol. 96, No. 21 (June 3, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-21)

Selected article titles: "NSA historian reveals 1941 Tokyo cables boasted 'utilization of our' Nisei-Issei. No bearing on CWRIC finding, say JACL and CWRIC officials" (p. 1), "Controversy snags Amache WRA memorial text" (p. 1), "Asian Americans seek justice for Vincent Chin" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2152, Vol. 93, No. 8 (August 21, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-33)

Selected article titles: "DeWitt's CIC chief faces stiff questions" (p. 1), "Nisei Week disqualifies 2 princesses" (p. 1), "Prewar Little Tokyo photos go on display" (p. 3), "Americans say Japan food healthful" (p. 6), "Did American houses infect living patterns in Japan?" (p. 8).

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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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img F.B. Upham speaking with Mineo Osumi (ddr-njpa-1-2210)

Caption on reverse: "Admiral F.B. Upham, commander-in-chief of the American Asiatic fleet, (in center), his staff officers, and Ambassador Grew, at dinner, given by Admiral Mineo Osumi, Minister of the Imperial Japanese Navy, at his official residence, on May 6, in Tokyo."

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vh Gerald Fukui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-291)

Yonsei male. Born February 14, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. After graduating from college, took over the family's prestigious mortuary business. Active in several community organizations in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo including Nisei Week and the Japanese American National Museum.

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img Group on deck of ship (ddr-densho-356-29)

Photograph of a group of 12 people on the deck of the Tokyo Tatuta Maru. Identified left to right front row: unknown, grandma Hirai. Middle row: George Hirai, Yoneo, David Hirai, unknown, Mrs. Hideo Okada, Yone Narumi, Richard Tsukada. Back row: unknown, unknown, unknown.

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vh Ike Hatchimonji Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-381-5)

Visiting Little Tokyo

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 necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Yasu Koyamatsu Momii Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-374-9)

Visiting Little Tokyo

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 necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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Narrator Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi

Nisei female. Born March 6, 1921, in Hilo, Hawaii. Grew up in Hilo, where parents were Japanese language school teachers. In 1939, moved to Japan to obtain medical treatment, and attended school there. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese military and worked as an interpreter, translating U.S. radio transmissions for General Headquarters in …

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Narrator Toshi Nagamori Ito

Nisei female. Born September 19, 1924, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father worked in Little Tokyo. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Soon after arriving in Heart Mountain, was able to leave camp to attend National College in …

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doc Loyalty to U.S. of Japanese in America Big Disappointment to Tokyo Spy Chiefs (November 24, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-515)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 24, 1941, p. 6

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img Hideo Kodama (ddr-njpa-4-505)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) April 22, 1935. Minister Kodama organized the report on [. . .] Bay disaster damage to submit to the Police Department of Ministry [. . .] Minister Kodama made an appointment to report about the damage of the disaster to the Emperor. The photo is Minister Kodama."

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img Koichi Kido (ddr-njpa-4-384)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Home Minister Kido Inspects Air Defense Troops. Home Minister Kido inspects air defense troops in Tokyo city, who will have training of Eastern air defense troops on the coming 18th. The picture is Home Minister Kido, who is inspecting the air defense troops."

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 7 (August 12, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-33)

Select article titles: " Keep partisan politics out of civil rights bill, JACL asks" (p.1); "USIA director in director believes June riots of Tokyo students not typical of basic attitude of Japanese toward Americans" (p. 3); "Japanese language disappearing among Nisei in Canada, researchers report" (p. 7)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 8 (February 22, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-8)

Selected article titles: "Detailed Paper Work Keeps History Project Staff Busy" (pp. 1-2), "Ineffective Oral Communication Viewed as 'Achilles Heel' For Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Tokyo Topics: Japanese in Hawaii Celebration" (p. 2), and "By the Board: Civil Rights in the State of Washington" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 4 (August 7-14, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-29)

Selected article titles: "Inouye Lauded by Many for Role in Hearings" (p. 1), "Amended Version: S.1009 Passes Senate Committee" (pp. 1-2), "Over 120 Participate in NCRR Delegation to Lobby Capitol" (pp. 1-2), and "Little Tokyo District Formally Entered on National Register" (p. 2).

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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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