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img Two generations of Yoshida men (ddr-densho-495-39)

Photograph of the Yoshida family. Standing: Kitaro Yoshida (left) and Tadashi Francis Yoshida (right). Sitting: Kakuji Yoshida (left) and Tomesaku Yoshida (right). Caption on album page reads " Two Generations of Yoshida Men / August 1937 / Misumi, Kumamoto, Japan / Kitaro Yoshida (5th son), Tadashi Francis (my father) / Kakuji Yoshida (3rd son) / Tomesaku …

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vh Celeste Teodor Interview (ddr-manz-1-78)

Nisei female. Born June 24, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Placed for adoption and was living in an orphanage when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Transferred to Manzanar's Childrens Village during World War II. After the war, lived with various foster families in Los Angeles before becoming independent at age eighteen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-78/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ai-le (ddr-densho-446-166)

Draft of letter to Ai Chih Tsai's elder brother. Ai Chih Tsai just returned from Japan and is now working for War Dept. in D.C. Intends to return to Taiwan and establish mission work, but must wait until U.S. Government's position on Taiwan is clear. Ai Chih Tsai is contacting mission boards.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-166/

doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Chiong-hui (ddr-densho-446-340)

[Handwritten Draft] Ai Chih Tsai just returned from special mission for US government in Japan. He met Khe-an and many Formosans in Tokyo. Formosa is facing difficult a period. He focused on meeting the post-war spiritual needs of Formosas: educational institutions, missionaries and securing the help of the Foreign Missionary Boards.

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img Portrait of Shigeko Iwaihara Koga (ddr-ajah-6-168)

Caption below photo: Shigeko Iwaihara graduates from Alameda High School, circa 1931. She would have been about 20. she was sent to japan with her two siblings to live with their grandparents in 1919 for a Japanese education. Perhaps this put her behind in school. She would later marry Matao Koga in 1949.

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-879)

Letter from New Rochelle on Kan's studio stationery. Kan asks Wak how her recent trip to Japan was, and asks for updates on the relatives she saw there. He offers updates on all his children. He has "two small jobs starting to build" and hopes to start on another one in Usonia soon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-879/

Narrator Maynard Horiuchi

Female. Born August 8, 1925, in Vallejo, California. Due to father's career as a prominent Navy admiral, moved frequently while growing up, living in Hawaii, Cuba, California, China and Japan. Worked as an editor for the military in Washington, D.C., and Japan. While in Japan, met future husband, Lucius Horiuchi.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/360/

vh Sam Ogo Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-193-11)

Readjusting to life in the U.S. after living in Japan

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-193-11/

Invitation to Kaneji Domoto from the Commissioner General of Japan to attend the Formal Opening of the Japanese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (ddr-densho-329-428)

doc Invitation to Kaneji Domoto from the Commissioner General of Japan to attend the Formal Opening of the Japanese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (ddr-densho-329-428)

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doc Pomona Center News Vol. I No. 5 (June 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-193-5)

Selected article titles: "550 Attend First Day of School" (p. 1), "900 Dishes and Bowls Missing!" (p. 1), "Registration of Aliens Continues" (p. 1), "Check Health of Center Cooks" (p. 1), "110 New Extinguishers Installed by Fire Crew" (p. 2), "Center Residents Leave for Japan" (p. 3), "Piano Lessons Reported Coming Along Nicely" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-193-5/

img Kimitomo Mushakoji speaking at a ceremony in Berlin (ddr-njpa-4-1124)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei photo, International News. March 16, 1937. Presenting the Rising Sun flag to the city of Berlin. (Berlin). The picture shows Ambassador Mushakoji speaking at the ceremony where he presented the Rising Sun flag to Berlin mayor Lippert, sponsored by the Japan-Germany Association and held on the past February 23rd."

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img Article regarding Nobuteru Mori (ddr-njpa-4-769)

Article title [translation]: "Faith and Effort. A prodigy of the industry. Those who wish to dominate the modern industry have to be experts in the electric industry, and Nobuteru Mori is rapidly rising in this industry; it is not too much to say that he is the founder of the electric industry in Japan. ..."

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 18 (November 4, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-44)

Selected article titles: "Promise Made by Rescued Men Kept as 442nd Veterans Proclaimed 'Honorary Texans'" (p. 1), "Gov. Warren Asked to Appoint Qualified Nisei to State Posts" (p. 2), "Secretary Acheson to Await California Decision Before Intervening in Land Law Case" (p. 3), "Issei Veterans of U.S. Navy In Japan to Get Pensions" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-22-44/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 7 (February 13, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-7)

Selected article titles: "No red tape for application of naturalization, assures official" (p. 1), "95-year-old Issei recalls days of old Hawaiian monarchy of the 1880s" (p. 3), "Democratic ideal in Japan can remain if Western nations apply Christianity" (p. 5), "Nisei girl submits Japanese sushi recipe in high school competition" (p. 7).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-25-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 68, No. 22 (May 30, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-22)

Select article titles: "Rep. Mikva Title 2 repealer tied to prison bill to avoid HISC" (p. 1); " Urge Nisei to attend June 7 rites" (p. 1); " Congress told history of Japanese colony" (p. 1); "Reischauer Calls for reversion of Okinawa to Japan" (p. 3); "Twin Cities JACL Completes Own Afro-American History Course" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-41-22/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 41 No. 2 (July 8, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-27)

Selected article titles: "Hillings introduces new claims bill to best criticism" (p. 1), "Many strandees in Japan giving up attempts to restore American citizenship; red tape, office help being blamed" (p. 2), "Senate committee urges proscribed list of organizations be clarified" (p. 3), "Ex-Kamikaze pilot recalls Hiroshima destruction, now working in Chicago" (p. 5.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 6 (August 6, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-32)

Selected article titles: "Apartments Outside Minority Section Won't Rent to Nisei" (p.1), "Future of Youth Is in Our Own Making: Y. Wada" (p.1, 4), "Official U.S. Supreme Court Includes Section of Japanese Americans" (p.1, 5), "U.S. and Vietnam" (p.2), "Union Leader Asks Some 700 Tanno Be Returned to Japan"(p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-37-32/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 15 (April 12, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-15)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Supreme Court and Religious Freedom" (pp. 1-2), "Philadelphia JACL Installation Hailed as 'Most Successful' with Rep. Matsunaga, Marutani, Masaoka, Yoshino on Program" (pp. 1-2), "Matsunaga: Nisei Should Rid Prewar Attitudes" (p. 3), and "Ex-Missionary to Japan Well-Known to Evacuees to Attend PSWDC Convention" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-15/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 13 (September 23, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-37)

Selected article titles: "JACL and CIC Testify for Evacuee Credit" (p.1), "JACL Looks at U.S.-Japan Friendship Act" (p.1), "EXECOM Actions Colored 'Gravenstein'" (p.1-2), "Ethnic Past's Preservation Is State's Aim" (p.2), "Reparations Survey Underway" (p.3), "YPCC Reunion-Every 50 Years" (p.4), "No 'Farewell to Manzanar'" (p.8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-37/

doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,223, Vol. 96, No. 3 (January 28, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-3)

Selected article titles: "Nikkei of WW2 Supreme Court cases seek reversal of decisions" (p. 1), "U.S.-Japan trade: no easy answers for this highly complex issue" (p. 1), "Hayakawa does quiet fadeout, leaves puzzling legacy behind" (p. 1), "JACL, NCRR plan 'Remembrance' day" (p. 3), "'Relocation and Redress' confab planned for Utah" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-55-3/

doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,226, Vol. 96, No. 6 (February 18, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-6)

Selected article titles: "JACL clarifies its stand on individual reparations figure" (p. 1), "Another casualty of WW2: Hawaii's JA fishermen" (p. 1), "CWRIC chair reacts to FDR '36 memo" (p. 1), "Tea Garden in Gold Gate Pk. To receive new gates, repairs" (p. 3), "Chicago columnist blames U.S., not Japan, for economic woes" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-55-6/

doc Notes on the Korean War (ddr-csujad-38-444)

George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten notes on the Korean War. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_022_001

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img Officers' visit (ddr-csujad-38-482)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and officers who visited the military camp. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_047_004

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img Korean villagers at a vegetable shop (ddr-csujad-38-520)

Photographed are a Korean woman and man at a vegetable shop. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_075_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-520/

img G-2 soldiers (ddr-csujad-38-490)

Photographed are two G-2 members posing in an apple orchard. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_051_004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-490/

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