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Company in Tokyo burned down (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) Even if I want to go home, I can’t so it’s useless. There’s no …
Coming to America (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) I got on the American ship and thought I would go to America. I …
First work in America (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) I first went to San Pedro and worked in a cannery. Then I got …
Family interrelations between mother and father
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
And as a matter of fact, there had been interrelationship, in-law relationship, between my mother’s …
Not bringing shame to family
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
Of course we were raised in a Japanese American community, so that we were always …
Past ties to present situation in Middle East
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
The government interpreted whatever they saw of the Japanese Americans, in terms of their framework, …
Impression of Japan upon arrival
Yukio Takeshita September 11, 2003
Well, I think this was a terrible place when I first came here. But, I …
Experiences in Japan and its influence
Pam Kaji November 4, 2003
I find myself having to be more flexible and also be more humble to ask …
FOB's
Steve Kaji November 4, 2003
As we grew up in high school in Hawaii, I would look at Japanese from …
Going back to Hawaii
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
I was born in Kumamoto. Among the nine siblings, I was the only one. I …
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