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img Scenic View (ddr-one-2-417)

Black and white photographic print of a nature scene taken on the journey back to Tokyo from a daytrip to the Atami Hotel. Photo includes blossoming tree and partial ocean view. Atami is a resort for R&R south of Yokohama and was commandeered by US military during the occupation. Inscribed on the back: " 4-12 '47/SCENE …

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img Takahashi Family Portrait (ddr-one-2-150)

Black and white photographic print of Yoko Takahashi Ushijima and her second husband seated in their home outside of Tokyo. Donor stated that both Yoko and her husband worked as dentists. Inscribed on back: "Husband & I/37.4" Shiuko Sakai, the donor, met Yoko around 1947-1948 when Donor was billeted at an all-female hotel and Yoko was …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 2 (January 10, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-2)

Selected article titles: "Defense Counsel in Tokyo Nisei Case Charges Use of Force by Army Investigators" (p. 1), "Masaoka Seeks White House Support for ADC Proposals" (p. 1), "JACL Files Supreme Court Brief in Oriental American Restrictive Covenant Cases" (p. 1), "Alien Property Office Explains Regulations for Recovery Of Claims on Japanese Banks" (p. 2), "Japanese …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 11 (September 15, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-37)

Selected article titles: "Five More $1,000 Contributions Given to 'Issei Story;' General Drive Coming" (p. 1), "New State Laws Trimming Racial Discrimination in Housing Effective This Month in New York and Massachusetts" (p. 2), "Inequality of Opportunities by Negroes Reason for Evidence of Their Inferiority in Intelligence with Whites" (p. 3), and "1000 Paper Cranes Presented …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 12 (March 30, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-12)

Selected article titles: "Protests put 'Sanga Moyu' on shelf" (p. 1), "Holocaust panel criticizes American Jewish leadership" (p. 1), "Yasui files notice of appeal" (p. 1), "Wheat Ridge Center superintendent becomes agency medical chief" (p. 2), "Little Tokyo Service Center announces special community support campaign" (p. 3), "Fremont JACL celebrates 50th year" (p. 9), "Mental hospitals …

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doc Christmas dinner in the Orient (ddr-csujad-49-208)

Program book with menu for "Christmas Dinner 1946 in the Orient." Includes handwritten note of "From, Cuddles, Tokyo, Xmas" and handwritten menu alterations. An item from: pages 102-103 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_065_02

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img Koyasan [Los Angeles Branch] Tourist Party, [arrival] (ddr-csujad-25-132)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken in Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan, after their arrival. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_004

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img Nisei technicians repairing a truck (ddr-densho-114-68)

Two Nisei [illegible] overhaul a motor of a United States Army 21-ton 6X6 truck in the motor pool garage of the Allied Translator and Interpreter section, General Hq, Army Forces in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan. They are Tec 5 Fred Hayashi of Los Angeles, Calif., and Tec 5 Shigoro Yammoto of Walnut Grove, Calif., both of …

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img Nisei linguists (ddr-densho-114-144)

Original caption: Capt. R. W. Pedlow of Chester, Pa., right, and Tec 3 James Iso of San Jose, Calif., Nisei, left, are attached to the G2 Liaison section, Allied Translation and Interpreter section, GHQ, Army Forces in the Pacific, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Bldg., Tokyo, Japan. They are responsible for furnishing qualified Nisei interpreters and translators needed …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4327 (June 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-41)

Selected article titles: "Union Limits Nisei to Ex-Service Men. Teamsters' Union Says It Will Oppose All Other Japanese in West Coast Jobs"; "Solon Champions Minority Workers"; "360 Nisei Return to Oregon"; "Closed Trial Held in Stockton Union Dispute"; "33 Attacks Made on Resettlers"; "C. of C. in Yuba County Opposes Harvest Use of Japanese"; "NWAA Softball"; …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 9 (ddr-densho-156-249)

Article titles: "Beet Growers Ask for Japs"; "First Jap Evacuees Arrive at Center Near Abraham"; "U.S. Mistreats Evacuees, Tokyo Charges"; "Life in Jap Center Told"; "FBI Jails 40 for Violating Alien Curfew"; "Prepare Further Action Against Two Japanese"; "Japs from Alien Camps to Harvest Beet Crops"; "520 Santa Anita Japs Off to Camp"; "200 Aliens Seized …

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vh An oral history with Katsumi Kunitsugu (ddr-csujad-29-66)

An oral interview with Katsumi Kunitsugu, longtime volunteer and leader in Little Tokyo. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0164. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3378_T01

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doc Gidra, Vol. V, No. 2 (February 1973) (ddr-densho-297-46)

Selected article titles: "One Last Blast" (p. 4), "A Short Story: the Dike" (p. 7), "On the Home Front" (p. 8), "Redevelopment . . . Or the Rape of Little Tokyo" (p. 10), "'Got Any Spare Change?' A Brief Glimpse at the Great Rise and Eventual Fall of the Modern American Underground Press" (p. 11), "Sisterhood …

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img Members of the Lytton Commission (ddr-njpa-1-1215)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Photography No. 2 February 29, 1932. Earl Lytton and Others Greeted by Prime Minister. Earl Lytton and the other members of the League of Nations China Commission of Enquiry, who entered Tokyo on the morning of the 29th, visited Prime Minister Inukai at his residence at 3 p.m. Photographs: the group …

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img Farewell party for Mr. Klingebiel (ddr-njpa-1-34)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Farewell Party for Mr. Klingebiel. Mayor Kobashi attended a farewell party on the night of the 1st to give his thanks and present commemorative gifts to Mr. Klingebiel, a technical advisor for the Tokyo Olympics, and his two secretaries, Ms. Kuira and Hartman. They will regrettably be returning home on the 8th. …

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vh Noboru Richard Horikawa Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-3)

Nisei male. Born August 18, 1926, in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the …

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vh George Kazuo Ikeda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-4)

Nisei male. Born August 18, 1926, in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the …

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doc Letter from Yasu Ikuma to Shoji Nagumo, September 2, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-892)

Letter from Yasu Ikuma in Tokyo, Japan to Shoji Nagumo in Los Angeles, California. It was sent via the Red Cross and forwarded to the Heart Mountain incarceration camp where Shoji Nagumo was incarcerated. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0894

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doc Letter from Chiong-hui to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-343)

Thank you for sending letter, photograph of , and offer to advance money to Chiong-hui's family. Request to send 5 to Chiong-hui's sister and 10 to his brother. Khe-an (Chiong-hui's sister) and baby may have returned to Formosa. Status of Formosan Chinese unclear with regards to China. KheBeng will be in Tokyo soon. Restrictions on sending …

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img The Prime Minister speaking at a formal dinner (ddr-njpa-1-1007)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japanese Art Exhibition Luncheon. (Tokyo) February 28, 1939. A luncheon was hosted by Ambassador Ott at the German embassy from noon on the 28th to celebrate the grand opening ceremony for an exhibit of Japanese art at the Berlin Museum that was held that same day and attended by Fuhrer Hitler. Photograph: …

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vh Frank Shinichiro Tanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-218)

Nisei male. Born on August 10, 1919, in Osaka, Japan. Attended college at the University of Washington before being removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Established Tule Lake's newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago. Drafted into the Military Intelligence …

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vh Harry K. Yoshikawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-278-5)

Knowing "Tokyo Rose" while growing up

Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. 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 …

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vh Tomiye Terasaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-122-2)

Moving to Japan at age three, living in Fukuoka and Tokyo, Japan (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors …

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img Kikunosuke Makino (ddr-njpa-4-1030)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Supreme Court President Makino's retirement Kikunosuke Makino, the Supreme Court President, reaches the retirement age of 65 years on the 20th of next month, so he has decided to retire. He was born on December 21, 1867 in a village in the Miyamoto area, and he graduated from Tokyo University Law School, …

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img Shumei Okawa (ddr-njpa-4-1583)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Bail for Dr. Shumei Okawa. (Tokyo) November 13, 1944. Dr. Okawa and [?] received a penalty of imprisonment for accessory from Chief Justice Yoshida. During their appeal they asked to leave prison for treatment of [?] and [?]. On the 12th, their proposal was accepted by the prosecutor and they left the …

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