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Read Part 4 >> And then you had another marriage. How did that happen? Oh, with Ted. He was born and raised in Japan but …
Read Part 3 >> And did your mother work in camp? You know, she was doing embroidery here before they went to camp. Oh, this …
Read Part 2 >> And how was the relationship between your parents? Did they have a good marriage? I think so but my father was …
Read Part 1 >> Oh wow what a beautiful picture. So this is like the office? That was our Japan Airlines office and I was …
When Aiko and Nellie Fujii walked into the room I was instantly taken by the warmth that exuded from them. We introduced ourselves, smiling all …
“One day, a classmate saw my name is Lily Oki and she was surprised she says, ‘You know I asked my mother, you disappeared you …
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I had the extraordinary experience of getting to know a Nisei solider before he died in 2013. His name was Masao Abe and he was …
My grandmother Kazuko Kuwabara passed away recently, and I can’t help but feel that a piece of history died with her. She was the only …
On a warm spring day last year, members of the Japanese Peruvian community filled the pews of the Church of Christ Presbyterian in Chicago not …
The Centennial of 1977 celebrating the arrival of Manzo Nagano, the first Japanese to land in Canada, inspired many younger Nisei to start learning about …
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