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Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-158)
Original caption: Tec 5 Tom Tashiro (left) of Illinois, Nisei Japanese education counselor and Information and Education non-commissioned officer, advises Pfc. Norman Shimakawa of the 3d Detachment, a typist in the production section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, on the selection of a course to better his education and to prepare for future schooling. …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 7 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-204)
Selected article titles: " Former Bishop of Tokyo Will Aid Relocation" (p. 1), " Rep. Clair J. Engle Reports on Tule Japanese Problem Hearing" (p. 1), " Complete Wiring of Camp's Fire Phones" (p. 1), " Relocation Officer Spikes Seasonal Leave Rumors" (p. 1), " Army to Draft Japanese Americans" (p. 1), " Ask Fair Treatment …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 7 No. 12 (August 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-363)
Selected article titles: "Tokyo Radio Proclaims Unconditional Surrender" (p. 1), "New Record Made on August Leaves" (p. 1), "Order to Close Ten Blocks Affects Three Hundred Ninety-One Families" (p. 1), "West Coast Wage Rates Average Low" (p. 1), "Resettlement Figures Given" (p. 2), "Bullet Fired in Home of Rohwer Evacuee" (p. 2), "Chicago Japanese Killed at …
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Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 22 (August 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-202)
Selected article titles: "Qualifications for WACs Altered for Nisei Girls" (p. 1), "No Immediate Dissolution of Relocation Centers" (p. 1), "1289 to Leave for Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Topaz Files Job Records for Transfer" (p. 3), "'Report from Tokyo' Translated" (p. 3), "No Loss of Citizenship for Expatriates, According to Nationality Act of 1940" (p. 4), …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 144 (December 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-78)
Selected article titles: "Busseis of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska Hold Successful Conclave"; "On the Other Hand"; "Tokyo-Born Boy to Enter Army"; "Relocation Office to Open in Pittsburgh"; "Oversea Service"; "Say Bill Was Poorly Written"; "Yatabe's Report Will be Given"; "Want Ads Today"; "Civil Liberties' Wirin Speaker at Conference"; "Casualty Toll Stands at 263"; "Segregants From Hawaii …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4361 (September 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-72)
Selected article titles: "Little Tokyo Showing Signs of Old Activity"; "Denver YBA Holds Semi-Annual Election"; "Japanese Double Talk Stumps Nisei"; "Drop in Nisei Colony Seen for West Coast"; "Four Nisei Veterans Donate Funds to FDR Memorial"; "Placer Board Denies County Aid to Returnees"; "Kin of S.F. Nisei Servicemen Get Richmond Housing"; "Half of Canadian Japanese to …
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Muriel Chiyo Tanaka Onishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-243)
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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Letter from Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-209)
Spoke to Tamotsu Muriyama about the idea of a Japanese shopping center in San Francisco. Muriyama extremely interested and felt they could get backing from influential backers and even the governor of Tokyo. Henri concerned that it might end up being too large a project for them. Has finished most of the buying he planned on. …
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Postcard to Kaneji Domoto in Japanese (ddr-densho-329-934)
Postcard addressed to Kaneji, message and signature in Japanese. Front of card has an image of a warrior on a horse crossing a body of water, captioned in English "AKECHI SAMONOSUKE, FORDING THE LAKE BIWA (1582 A.D.)" Back of card has a logo for "TOYO KISEN KAISHA / ORIENTAL S.S. CO" and reads at bottom "Printed …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 81 (October 20, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-79)
Selected article titles: "'No' Wins Theater Votes" (p. 1), "25 College Grads Needed For Code Work" (p. 1), "Canteens to Close Sunday" (p. 1), "An Invitation to 'Jiggs' of Comics" (p. 1), "Gen. Homma, Reported Dead, Appears in Tokyo" (p. 1), "Outside Condition Told By Father Dai, Returns From Funeral at Kent" (p. 3), "Women to …
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Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1712)
Ogawa discusses being the last person to surrender from his interpreter school, working with American soldiers in Japan after the war, trusting an American soldier to take his personal belongings back to Tokyo, and his thoughts on post-war Japan. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #51, Masaru Ogawa, …
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Tokyo Holds Up Internees' Exchange Pending Probe of Jap Camps in U.S. Spanish to Investigate for Nippon. (December 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-996)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 13, 1943, p. 1
Narrator Seiko Edamatsu
Nisei female. Born July 18, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) where parents ran the U.S. Hotel. Attended Bailey Gatzert Grade School and Washington Junior High School before moving to North Seattle with older siblings to operate a produce stand. Graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1937 and worked as a waitress …
Narrator Alan Kumamoto
Sansei male. Born January 21, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. While very young, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Father joined the Military Intelligence Service out of camp, and Alan and his mother resettled in Chicago, Illinois. After father rejoined the family, they returned to …
Narrator Mike Murase
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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Jim Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-281)
Nisei male. Born July 27, 1935, in Los Angeles, Califonia. Grew up in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles and attended school. Became involved in gang activity in L.A. in …
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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 …
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Cast of kabuki play at Columbia University, 1927 (ddr-densho-242-1)
Caption below photo written by Kumezo Hatchimonji: 'Yoshitsune K no Hashi, presented at Earl Hall, Columbia University in 1927. 3rd from left, back row, our instructor, an actor from the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo. My role was a humble one but as a character actor, maybe I played well. Anyway, I made the audience laugh.' Kumezo is …
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Ryushi Kawabata with his son and other men (ddr-njpa-4-545)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "During his trip to Manchuria, Ryushi Kawabata, the last Western painter, who was nominated to be a member of the Imperial Art Institute, arrived at Tokyo Station at 9 p.m. on the 27th, escorted by his second son, Takashi, 26. He announced that he had given his resignation to Mr. Kitaura. The …
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Katsutaro Kouta, Yaso Saijo and Ranko Edogawa posing with soldiers (ddr-njpa-4-648)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The first group of the Music Unit left Tokyo by a train leaving at 3 p.m. on the 27th, followed by the second group, leaving by airplane at 7:45 a.m. the next morning. Shown in the photo, left to right, are, leaning out the train windows, Takao Saeki, Nobuo Iida, Shiro Fukai, …
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Yorinaga Matsudaira addressing the House of Peers (ddr-njpa-4-818)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Ceremonial Reading of the Order. (Tokyo) November 20, 1937. On the 20th from 2:00 p.m. at Todai Auditoriam, the ceremony of the Reading was held, sponsored by Teikoku Educational Institute and Teito Educational Institute, with the intent to appreciate the educational order given by Emperor Meiji to the entire nation.
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Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-58)
Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. From left: Tami Okamura, Olinda Saito (bride, standing), Shiuko Sakai, Aki Saito, unidentified, Yoshi Saito, unidentified, Heidi Okihara, remaining individuals unidentified. Shiuko Sakai, the donor, organized this wedding party for Olinda Saito, with whom …
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Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-57)
Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. From left: Yoshi Saito, Aki Saito, Tami Okamura (foreground, seated), Capt. Pearce (background, standing), unidentified, unidentified, Heidi Okihara, and Shiuko Sakai . Shiuko Sakai, the donor, organized this wedding party for Olinda Saito, with …
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Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-51)
Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito (bride, on left) and Raymond Funakoshi (groom, on right) at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. The couple stand behind a table with cake, flower arrangements and candles, and hold glasses in their right hands. Shiuko Sakai, the donor, organized this wedding party for Olinda …