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img Demchugdongrub and others standing on the steps the Japanese imperial palace (ddr-njpa-1-2138)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Emperor accepts Demchugdongrub's visit. Demchugdongrub visited the imperial palace at 10 am on the 18th during his stay in Japan and saw Emperor at the Hohoh Gate. Demchugdongrub leaving the palace at the east entrance in the photo."

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img Group sitting at a table at San Francisco YMCA (ddr-ajah-6-939)

Caption below photo: San Francisco YMCA, where Susumu Tomine (far left) went for English lessons, circa 1939-1940. He was a kibei, born in America but educated in Japan. Her returned when he was 18 years old to live in Alameda, CA.

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img [Group photo in front of buildings] (ddr-csujad-29-93)

Photograph of six individuals standing in front of two buildings in Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P008

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doc Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)

The yearbook includes pictures and information about Japanese American businesses, schools, organizations, individuals, and families. The directory includes city indexes for California, as well as a few city indexes for Arizona and Japan, with advertisements for businesses and organizations throughout the city indexes.

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doc Postcard to Kaneji Domoto in Japanese (ddr-densho-329-937)

Postcard with message and signature in Japanese, addressed to Kaneji Domoto in Oakland. Image on the front shows a person watching as the calligraphy they are writing becomes animated and leaves the sheet. Postage mark shows that the card was sent from Japan.

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-528)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about news from his family in Japan, and about wanting another transfer at work. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Wak Domoto (ddr-densho-356-598)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Wakako Domoto. Wak writes about her nearing departure from Japan, ask Yuri to find a couple of her old belongings to send to along, and discusses the death of their sister Tokuko's aunt-in-law.

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av Interview with Shigeo Yamada, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1709)

Yamada discusses the military service of his brothers (for the Japanese army) and the state of Japan after the war/post-reconstruction. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #48, Shigeo Yamada, Sun. Feb. 2

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 52 (December 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-110)

Selected article titles: "Tule Parolees to Be Granted Hearings Soon" (p. 1), "Justice Dept.: Renunciants May Now Apply for Hearings" (pp. 1-2), "3550 Voluntary Repatriates En Route to Japan" (p. 1), and "Need for More Workers Announced by Placement" (p. 2).

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vh Nobu Suzuki Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-84-4)

Father brings oyster seed from Japan

References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.

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vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-111-16)

Issei's decisions about whether to return to Japan and whether to send their children there (Japanese language)

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

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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1008-3-11)

Finally receiving letter from brother still in Japan, finding out he's still alive

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

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1008-4-21)

Visiting relatives in occupied Japan: traveling by train to Fukuoka with Japanese citizens

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

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vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1006-3-2)

Parents' background, growing up in Japan and having an arranged marriage

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 23 (ddr-densho-1006-4-23)

Thoughts on identity as a Japanese Canadian who lived 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 Article about Kansaburo Ageno (ddr-njpa-5-112)

Translation of article: Kanzaburo Ageno is going to Japan as a professor of fisheries. Kanzaburo Ageno, second-generation fisherman from Maui, has decided to go to Japan with his family. He is leaving April 22 on the Kamakara-maru to be a professor at the Yaezu fisheries school at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture. He will be sent …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 23 (December 8, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-49)

Selected article titles: "Chicago Nisei [Lieutenant] Finds Mother, Brother Alive in Atom-Bombed City of Hiroshima" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei Boycott Dropped By Los Angeles Market Union" (p. 1), "Child Found Murdered at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 1), "Japan Occupation Ineffective Without Nisei GIs, Says Moore" (p. 1), "Repatriates Permitted to Take Securities Back to Japan" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 10 (September 7, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-36)

Selected article titles: "Urge Nisei to foster U.S.-Japan ties" (p. 1), "Delegates quiet on opening day of 'Changing Perspectives' but warm up by final session over farm workers problem" (p. 1), "American Legion, State Labor Group Endorse 'Yes on Prop. 13" (p. 2), "Relationship with Japan part of 'changing perspectives' theme" (p. 3), "JACL's role among …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 13 (September 27, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-39)

Select article titles: "Author Gwen Terasaki Urges Nisei Serve As U.S.-Japan 'Bridge'" (p. 1); "Japanese request for continuing U.S. importation of temporary farm workers hinges on special gov't survey; no decision yet" (p. 1); "Justice Dep't okays 72 claims in August" (p. 2); "Formation of Nisei Voters League in San Francisco hailed by editor; 'isolationistic' trend …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 15 (October 9, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-41)

Selected article titles: "West L.A. Aux'y seeks clothing for 'Vera' victims" (p. 1), "Japan relief campaign opens in southland" (p. 1), "Estimate 7,500 Japanese residents in San Francisco; 'too low' says Nichibei" (p. 1), "College profs and students experiment with Nihongo class" (p. 2), "Racial harmony interest in southern California growing" (p. 3), "East Coast chapters …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 24 (June 12, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-24)

Selected article titles: "JACL objectives for 1960-70 to be drafted by commission" (p. 1), "Special Issei citizenship class of nine ranging in ages 77-92 await taking of oath, hope Supreme Court Chief administers it" (p. 1), "L.A.-born strandee restored citizenship on basis of 'certificate of identity'" (p. 3), "NBC radio series on minorities begins in L.A." …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 11 (March 20, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-11)

Selected article titles: Another 'Noguchi' Case: Arboretum Director's Job" (p. 1), "Hawaii attorney see 'hard grind' for Negroes, same kind as Issei and Nisei" (p. 1), "More Orientals enter youth apprenticeships" (p. 1), "Students from Japan attending L.A. area colleges organize own society" (p. 2), "Canada couple denied compensation for WW2 confiscation of property" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 11 (September 14, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-37)

Selected article titles: "California Farm Bureau Endorses Prop. 13, to urge 70,000 members" (p. 1), "Organization Stand on 'Tokyo Rose' Hearing to be Considered" (p. 1), "Nat'l JACL convention coverage noted in top Atlantic seaboard newspapers" (p. 1), "Nisei statistician notes more women over 50 dying of heart disease lately" (p. 2), " "Final half of …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 99, No. 12 (September 21, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-37)

Selected article titles: "Sansei principal turns L.A.'s Jefferson High around" (p. 1), "House subcommittee hears HR 4110 redress testimony" (p. 1), "Japan fingerprinting constitutional for alien registration, Tokyo court rules" (p. 1), "1st all-Fresno J-town reunion attracting over 350 Sept. 29-30" (p. 1), "Calif. Proposition 39: Reapportionment battle of 1980 may be settled" (p. 3), "Japan …

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doc Inspection card (immigrants and steerage passengers) (ddr-csujad-38-533)

An inspection card for Koyuta Masukawa. She boarded on the ship, Seattle Maru, in Kobe, Japan, on September 7, 1909, and arrived in San Francisco, California. and was inspected on September 27, 1909 by U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service presumably in Presidio, California, prior to Angel Island Immigration Station's operation. It also includes a …

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