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vh Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1006-2-15)

Moving to Japan to study ikebana

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1006-4-3)

Mother's background: working as a midwife in Japan

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, March 31, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-139)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. In the letter, she writes about her family in Japan. She has received a letter from her family in Japan and learned about their situations. She writes about her father who suffers from flash burns because of the atomic bombing in August. …

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview (ddr-densho-1000-333)

Nisei male. Born February 13, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Hollywood, California, and was living there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and the family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, then designated as a …

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Collection Uyeda Groves Collection (ddr-densho-113)

The Uyeda Groves collection, 1900s-1950s, features photographs of the Uyeda family, who resided in Hiroshima, Japan, Rock Springs, Wyoming and Seattle, Washington. The collection also includes photographs of Minidoka concentration camp and Seattle's postwar Issei community. The collection donor, Fumiko Uyeda Groves, was interviewed by Densho in 1998.

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Collection Theodore Akimoto Family Collection (ddr-densho-299)

The Theodore Akimoto Family Collection consists of materials from Theodore Akimoto's time with the 44nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, 71st Signal Service Battalion, and Photo Division SCAP. The majority of the images document Ted Akimoto's time as a U.S. Army photographer during the occupation of Japan.

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doc Nobusuke Kishi's son (ddr-njpa-4-426)

Caption on front: "PREMIER'S SON: Nobukazu Kishi, 35-year-old son of Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, arrived in Honolulu this morning at 7:55 from Tokyo by Japan Air Lines, accompanied by one of the premier's private secretaries, Michio Kawabe. They plan to leave here Sunday night for San Francisco to join the prime minister on his official …

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img Takuo Godo and other Japanese envoys in Berlin (ddr-njpa-4-1062)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei photo, International News. December 3, 1937. Envoy Godo playing an active part. (Berlin) Domei publication. The former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Admiral Takuo Godo, who is in Germany to present the correct position of Japan, received an enthusiastic welcome from the people and officials of Germany, and he is gathering …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 8 (August 20, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-33)

Selected article titles: "Plan to Initiate Case for New Supreme Court Test of State Alien Land Law in California" (p. 1), "Galen Fisher Initiates Move To Oppose Appointment of Bendetsen to High Army Post" (p. 2), "Ruling Permits Longer Japan Visits by Nisei" (p. 2), "Undertake Study of Adjustment of Former Tuleans in Hawaii" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 7 (February 19, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-7)

Selected article titles: "Many Cemeteries in Chicago Continue Policy of Refusal to Bury Remains of Nisei War Dead" (p. 1), "Settlement of Evacuation Loss Claims Must Await Passage of Appropriation by Congress" (p. 1), "Japan to Seize Dollar Credits of Repatriates" (p. 1), "Stranded Nisei Cases Set for Trial in L.A." (p. 1), "Japanese Hail U.S. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 11 (March 15, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-11)

Selected article titles: "Wartime Record Cited by Japan U.N. Envoy. New York JACLers Told Heroism Aided in U.S.-Japan Amity" (p. 1), "Hal Kim, Lois Yut top bowlers in JACL Nationals hosted by Seattle" (p. 1), "Rights program for NC-WN chapters being proposed" (p. 1), "Dayton JACL 'Operation Pink Petal' helps city win cleanest town trophy" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2156, Vol. 93, No. 12 (September 18, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-37)

Selected article titles: "Anti-JACL, anti-redress witnesses pepper CWRIC-Seattle" (p. 1), "NAACP's Wilkins challenged JACL forward on civil rights" (p. 1), "Aleuts uprooted by Japan forces, too" (p. 1), "Did the U.S. government believe the Nikkei were 'guilty' in 1941?" (p. 2), "Five-year program with Utah aged Nikkei coming to an end" (p. 3), "JACL raps British …

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img Honey buckets at Shimonoseki City (ddr-csujad-38-433)

Photographed are honey buckets loaded on carts in front of buildings in Shimonoseki, Japan. The captions read: "Honey buckets at Shimonoseki City," and "honey buckets, Shimonoseki" The building signs captured in the photo include Minato Hotel, Kanazawa Traiding Co. Korean Clothing Store, Hikari Men's Shop, and Tokio Hat. Title from caption. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: …

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doc Community analysis report, no. 8, January 28, 1944 (ddr-csujad-19-58)

This issue is titled as Japanese Americans educated in Japan. The document describes about what happened to the children who grew up in California for a while, then went to school in Japan and finally returned back to California. It emphasizes on what effect did living and growing up in two such different places have on …

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img Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-230)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are eight photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include photographs of: Harue Matsui with her nanny, Shun Onami; Ukichi Matsui; Toku, Naka, and Fusako Taenaka; Shozo Taenaka; and Yasumatsu Taenaka. All are wearing kimono. The photographs are most likely taken in Japan in …

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img 24th Division G2 (ddr-csujad-38-494)

Photographed are G-2s of 24th Infantry Division siting in an apple orchard. The annotation reads: Stanbery-kun was also guarded by Nakamura-kun, Wake-kun, and Uyenaka-kun. They talked about their good memories when they were stationed at 24th Infantry Division Headquarter in Ogura, Japan. [In Japanese]. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600), …

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doc Letter from Yasaku Naohara to Nobuo Naohara, February 5, 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-571)

A message from Yasaku Naohara in Hiroshima, Japan, to his relative, George Nobuo Naohara in Long Beach, California. It informs George of the safety of his relatives in Hiroshima, Japan. The message was delivered with the assistance of the Red Cross, including Société de la Croix-Rouge du Japon, Comité international de la Croix-Rouge, and American Red …

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doc Letters from Seiichi Okine to Naraji Okine, Masao Okine, and Jokichi Yamanaka, September 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-159)

Contains one envelope and three letters written by Seiichi Okine addressing his son, Masao Okine, his brother Naoji Okine, and his brother-in-law, Jokichi Yamanaka, in Japan. Those three letters are enclosed in an envelope and mailed to Masao Okine who is stationed in Japan via San Francisco by the U.S. Postal Service, but the letter is …

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doc Letter from Shizuka Nishimura to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, October 30, [1947?] [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-216)

A letter from Shizuka Nishimura in San Juan Bautista, California, to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi Okine. She thanks them for chrysanthemum flowers which they sent to her. She receives letters from her family members in Japan and learns that Fumiko Yamanaka is planning to return from Japan to the U.S. soon and that Jogi sent …

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img William Hardy and Shigemitsu Mamoru (ddr-densho-259-326)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This sailor must have been William Hardy, who was a cabin boy aboard one of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's ships which were used to force an entrance to Japan in 1853 Corky Kawasaki translated the Japanese writing, which from left to right is: Yasui, Masuo Dono [Mister or Esquire]...It was signed by …

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img Mitoyo Nakato and grandchildren (ddr-densho-477-63)

Photograph of Mitoyo (Komatsubara) Nakato with her three Nakahara grandchildren. Identified left to right: Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, and Monzaburo Nakahara. The caption below the photo is "1925 Mitsuko (8 yrs) Tsuyoshi (3 yr) Monzaburo (1 yr) Grandma Mitoyo Nakato (57 yr)" written in black ink. The additional caption included on the page reads "MITSUKO'S …

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img Patrick Hurley and his wife eating Japanese food (ddr-njpa-1-699)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "US Secretary of War Hurley and Wife Enjoy Japanese Food. US Secretary of War Hurley, who came to Japan on the 21st, attended a banquet hosted by the American embassy at the Koyokan from 6 p.m. on that same day. He passed his first night in Japan intensely enjoying Japanese dance and …

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vh Kay Sweeney Interview (ddr-one-7-8)

Japanese female. Born 1922 in Kagoshima, Japan. During World War II, served as a nurse with the Japanese army in Jakarta and Japan. After the war, moved to the United States and lived in San Francisco before eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of …

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vh Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-183)

Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …

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vh Hannah Lai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-324)

Nisei female. Born April 11, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a hotel. Went to live in Japan for several years prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in Minidoka, recruited to teach elementary school, and …

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