SAN JOSE — It’s a brand new form of Japanese dance in the U.S. that its members describe as like a whirlpool, although it could also be likened to a colorful undulating cloud, accompanied by the ...
The study of relations between Chinese and Japanese Americans during WWII is a small yet growing field. Although both immigrant communities shared experiences of racial discrimination, tensions ...
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Mollie Oto is one of those rare people of whom it could be said was truly irreplaceable. But though her recent passing saddened so many, it remains a consolation she will live on in the hearts and ...
Base­ball in California: A History” by Kerry Yo Nakagawa has just been published by The History Press. The book includes a pref­ace by the late actor Noriyuki “Pat” Morita and a foreword by former New ...
Every time Jeff Enkoji tells his players he’s thinking of quitting as coach of the Florin Baseball Team in Sacramento because he’s been around for so long, the players loudly protest and force him to ...
The recently re-released film, “Issei: The First Generation,” is now available on DVD for individual or institutional purchase. The film is based on rare and candid interviews with immigrant Issei ...
Kenji Oshima coaches people who are suffering with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and he also teaches Buddhism (Dharma). Both methods of helping ...
Sansei (third generation American born) Japanese Americans often have prior family histories that have been blacked out; their Nisei (second generation) parents who were imprisoned by the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Japanese American Citizens League is asking for assistance in locating a Nisei who lived in Monrovia in 1965 and was injured in violent demonstrations in Montgomery, Ala. JACL ...
There have been non-fiction history books about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, but Andrew Lam is one of the few writers to portray the heroism of the World War II unit composed of Japanese American ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wendy Mink, daughter of Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink (D-Hawaii), received on Nov. 24, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her mother’s behalf from President Barack Obama in the East ...