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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 2 (January 17, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-2)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 2 (January 17, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-2)
Selected article titles: "522nd Vet Relates Wartime Exploits" (p. 1), "Hawaiian Reparations Bill Proposed" (pp. 1, 3), "East Wind: Passing Glimpses of Japan" (p. 4), and "One Thing Leads to Another: The [Pacific Citizen] Editor Replies" (p. 4).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 18 (November 3, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-43)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 18 (November 3, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-43)
Selected article titles: "Asian Americans Picket ILGWU N.Y. Headquarters" (p.1), "'Concentration Camp' Rejected for Manzanar Landmark Plaque" (p.1), "A Nisei View of Japan: A Homogenous Society" (p.2), "California's Prop. 21 Schoo Segregation Again" (p.3).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 14 (October 6, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-39)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 14 (October 6, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-39)
Selected article titles: "Chavez Hurls Threat at Nisei Farm League" (p.1, 5), "Yen Claims Bill: Questions Raised, Answers Furnished" (p.1), "Immigrants Changing New York" (p.1), "A Nisei View of Japan: Understand the Japanese?" (p.2).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 1 (January 4-11, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-1)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 1 (January 4-11, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-1)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: U.S.-Japan Relations" (pp. 1-2), "World-Wide Use of 'Jap' Noted in Book Indexes" (pp. 1, 3), "Selected Bibliography on Japanese Americans" (p. 4), and "Book Review: 'Farewell to Manzanar'" (p. 5).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 19 (May 18, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-19)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 19 (May 18, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-19)
Select article titles: "Views on U.S.-Japan Trade Negotiations to Be Exchanged at Convention Workshop"(p.1); "Mile-HI JACL's Horiuchi to Meet with Colorado Revenue Officials"(p.1); "Caltech Rally Demands Tenure for Prof. Tanouye"(p.1).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 121, No. 5 (September 1-14, 1995) (ddr-pc-67-17)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 121, No. 5 (September 1-14, 1995) (ddr-pc-67-17)
Selected article titles: "Reflections on War" (pp. 1, 7), "Japan and the Atom Bomb Question" (pp. 1, 6), "Inouye Thanks Southerners Who Helped Men of the 442nd RCT" (p. 7), and "1995 JACL Scholarship Awards" (pp. 10-14).
Mimeograph operator (ddr-densho-114-160)
img Mimeograph operator (ddr-densho-114-160)
Original caption: Pfc. Kaichi Fukushima, Nisei Japanese mimeograph operator in the production section, General Headquarters, Allied Forces in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, stencils both Japanese characters and English translations out by the typing sub-section. 9-3-46.
Letter from Issei man to wife (November 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-147)
doc Letter from Issei man to wife (November 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-147)
Excerpt: "I wonder why you received such paper for apply of repatriation to Japan? Some time ago I was very busy at my Mayor's office for many peoples have applied for their repatriation, but not I at all."
Mary Higake Hasegawa (ddr-ajah-8-3)
av Mary Higake Hasegawa (ddr-ajah-8-3)
Mary Higake Hasegawa was born on May 12, 1921, in Alameda, California. In 1939, she was sent to Japan to live with relatives, and spent World War II in Tokyo and Fukushima. After the war, returned to Alameda.
Jerome T. Light Dissertation, Vol. I (ddr-densho-327-1)
doc Jerome T. Light Dissertation, Vol. I (ddr-densho-327-1)
"The Development of a Junior-Senior High School Program in a Relocation Center for People of Japanese Ancestry during the War with Japan" is Jerome T. Light's dissertation for his doctorate of Education from Leland Stanford Junior University.
Issei man waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-237)
img Issei man waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-237)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Oldest member of the Japanese Methodist church, who came from Japan 50 years ago. He is at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station waiting for instructions regarding his evacuation to Tanforan Assembly center.
Two men sharing a drink (ddr-densho-494-45)
img Two men sharing a drink (ddr-densho-494-45)
Torayoshi (Muraki) Maida is sitting on the left. Caption on website: "Saying goodbye to Japan / After accepting the offer of marriage from the Maida family, Torayoshi spent some time at his family home in Kebara." and "Farewell, 1919"
Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 647 (June 8, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-682)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 647 (June 8, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-682)
Selected article titles: "Japan Developing Good Food Supply" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "White River to Meet Comets; 'B' League Enters Play Off" (p. 3), "Maryknoll Home of Missioners Who Minister to Body and Spirit" (p. 4)
Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 157 (December 27, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-187)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 157 (December 27, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-187)
Selected article titles: "Japan Diet Opens for 159th Session on December 24" (p. 1), "Undefeated Fives to Meet Tonight for Class A Lead" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Kawasaki Chosen Lotus President for Second Year" (p. 4)
Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 151 (November 15, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-181)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 151 (November 15, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-181)
Selected article titles: "Premier of Japan Shot by Assassin, Likely to Recover" (p. 1), "Japanese, Rainier Teams to Battle for First Victory" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Carnival Booths to Display Goods from 7 Tonight" (p. 4)
Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 141 (September 6, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-171)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 3, No. 141 (September 6, 1930) (ddr-densho-96-171)
Selected article titles: "Japan Maintains 1 Minute Silence for Quake Dead" (p. 1), "Nippons Lose and Win; Take Series from Asahi Team" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Japanese Family, Not Individual, is Basis of Society" (p. 4)
Japanese American Courier Vol. 2, No. 86 (August 17, 1929) (ddr-densho-96-115)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 2, No. 86 (August 17, 1929) (ddr-densho-96-115)
Selected article titles: "Japan Holding to Naval Reductions by Cutting Budget" (p. 1), "Girls Club Plans to Sponsor Three Tennis Tourneys" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Excess Money of Mixer Fund Given to '30 Conventiox" (p. 4)
Boxes from Uchi Date's Bento carrier (ddr-ajah-6-399)
img Boxes from Uchi Date's Bento carrier (ddr-ajah-6-399)
Caption below photo: Uchi Date's stackable bento boxes, without the outer box to carry all of these smaller boxes together. She brought it with her from Japan in 1912. Uchi lived with her husband, Hajime, in Alameda, CA.
Jack Dairiki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-325-10)
vh Jack Dairiki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-325-10)
Living in Japan as a teenager when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor: "I was just caught in the situation"

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 …

Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-153-33)
vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-153-33)
Story of a relative who was "tricked" by the Japanese government into going to Japan and being drafted into the Japanese army

Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his …

Article regarding Takeo Miki (ddr-njpa-4-931)
doc Article regarding Takeo Miki (ddr-njpa-4-931)
Article: "Progressive Party Leader Of Japan Here. Takeo Miki, chief secretary of the Progressive Party (Kaishinto) of Japan, and Mrs. Miki are visiting in Honolulu today enroute back to Japan after a two months' world tour. They arrived here last night from San Francisco at 10 by plane, and are scheduled to depart for Tokyo tonight …
Roy H. Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-153)
vh Roy H. Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-153)
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
Yasashi Ichikawa Interview II Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-112-29)
vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview II Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-112-29)
Hearing of people who still insisted that Japan had won the war (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-111-1)
vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-111-1)
Family background: growing up in a Buddhist temple family in Shimonoseki, Japan (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

Mitsue Matsui Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1008-3-9)
vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1008-3-9)
Family split between Topaz concentration camp, the Midwest, and Japan

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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