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doc Certificate with decorative border (ddr-densho-390-30)

A certificate written in Japanese with a decorative border and stamp, possibly related to a Matsuoka family member's journey from Japan to the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-30/

doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-173)

Reassures her that the 442nd is not going to be sent to Japan, couldn't get the stockings yet, Archie will be returning from Switzerland soon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-406-173/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 88 (August 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-89)

Selected article titles: "Amache Families Receive Letters from Japan" (p. 1), "Must Record All Foreign Property" (p. 1), "Missing Tulean Jailed in Modoc" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-89/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 16 (April 14, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-44)

Selected article titles: "Kengakudan Girls Leave for Japan on Tour" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-44/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 8, No. 409 (November 16, 1935) (ddr-densho-96-444)

Selected article titles: "'Foolish' to Fight Japan Over China" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-444/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 8, No. 378 (April 13, 1935) (ddr-densho-96-413)

Selected article titles: "Japan Trade Seen as Business Help" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-413/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 10, No. 496 (July 17, 1937) (ddr-densho-96-531)

Selected article titles: "Japan Diplomacy Needs Clarifying Asserts Ariyoshi" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-531/

img Photo of Ryo Morikawa in kimono (ddr-densho-446-429)

Ryo traveled to Japan with her mother in July 1940 and then stayed to attend Keisen Jogaku-En (two-year program). (circa 1940 or 1941)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-429/

img Student portrait (ddr-densho-359-82)

Stamped on the bottom right hand corner of the photograph "Kubo Studio Shingukii Japan". There is also a caption written on the photograph in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-82/

doc Scene the Pictorial Magazine Vol. 3 No. 5 (September 1951) (ddr-densho-266-34)

Selected article titles: "Will Japan be worse off with a peace treaty?" (p. 11), "Pacific garrison surrenders" (p. 14), "Olympics beckon Hawaiian champions" (p. 38).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-266-34/

doc Scene the Pictorial Magazine Vol. 4 No. 10 (February 1953) (ddr-densho-266-51)

Selected article titles: "Stork race in Seattle" (p. 4), "Banquet honors men behind naturalization law" (p. 18), "Japan looks to Ike for peace" (p. 13).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-266-51/

img Portrait of Hatsuyo Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-826)

Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki, Nisei daughter of Mataichi and Akino Ozeki of Alameda, CA. She is recently back from Japan. Photo circa 1924-1925

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-826/

img Memorial (ddr-densho-356-34)

Photograph of memorial for Tomojiro Tsukada in Japan. Inscribed on back "Taken a few days after Father passed away 212 Kagomachi, Koishikawaku, Tokyo December 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-34/

Collection Mukai Collection (ddr-densho-87)

The Mukai collection contains one photograph from the personal family collection of Gary Mukai. The photo is of two recent immigrants from Japan in the early 1900s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-87/

vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-129-9)

Working in Shanghai, anticipating the onset of war between the United States and Japan, and returning to the U.S.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-129-9/

vh Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-98-12)

Chaperoning young women on a church trip to Japan shortly before the war, being followed and questioned by police

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img Sankuro Ogasawara and two other Ministry of Finance officials (ddr-njpa-4-1718)

Caption on reverse: "JAPAN FINANCE MINISTER HERE: Sankuro Ogasawara (center), Japanese finance minister, was a brief visitor here Saturday night enroute to Washington, D.C., where he will attend general meetings of the International Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was accompanied by Gengo Suzuki (left), financial commissioner, and Taroichi Yoshida, …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 20 (November 13, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-46)

Selected article titles: "1960-70 Planning procedure outlined" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei bias practiced by Maryland Beach resorts hit" (p. 1), "Japan farm laborers applaud treatment received at Oxnard" (p. 1), "Northern Californians in tribute to Rep. Inouye, tells $100-plate diners of Nisei war record" (p. 3), "Japan anxious to meet Nisei congressman, 'Go for Broke' demonstration expected" …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-31-46/

img A basket shop owner and his family (ddr-densho-299-22)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3062. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of a Japanese family / is to be used in a S & S feature story / on the difference in living standards / throughout Japan. Mr. T. Kakizawa / (extreme right), directs an employee / in his lacquer basket shop …

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img Two men sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-238)

Caption below photo: Unknown Issei man (at left) with Matao Koga. Koga immigrated from Japan and lived in San Francisco, CA. He married Shigeko Iwaihara, of Alameda, CA., in 1939. He worked as a Benshi, a man who showed silent movies. Benshi in Japan were as much of an attraction as the stars of the film, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-238/

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

Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …

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

Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-4/

Collection Ben Mayewaki Collection (ddr-densho-563)

The collection contains materials from and related to Ben Mayewaki time serving the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) at Fort Snelling in Minnesota, with the 5th Air Force Headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, and in the New Guinea campaign. In 1944 Ben was reassigned to Military Intelligence in Washington DC and attached to the Pentagon. While in D.C. …

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img Shozo Makino swimming (ddr-njpa-4-1010)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "World record, 800-meter freestyle 10:16.6. Junior high swimmer. Shozo Makino. Second day of Japan national junior high school swimming tournament."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1010/

img Fishing at Miyazu Village (ddr-one-2-75)

Black and white photographic print of unidentified men pulling in fishing nets at Miyazu, near Maizuru, Japan. Inscribed on back: "29 MAY 49/MIYAZU (NEAR MAIZURU)."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-2-75/

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