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I descend from a long line of samurai families. I am the fifth of six children of my parents, Taeko Yoshioka and Noel Braid. My …
In the section under COVID-19 safety precautions, the Department of Homeland Security letter addressed to me mandated facemasks and banned guests for my newly re-scheduled …
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For many of the issei interned by the Justice Department during World War II, their years in confinement posed serious questions of loyalty and identity. …
Washington, DC. The military record of Japanese Americans who served during and since World War II is well documented and known. However, the role of …
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Last September, Renho Murata, a councilor in Japan known as “Renhō”, was grilled at bringing a charge of False Entries in the Original of Notarized …
In March 1956, my parents Shoji and Toki Fukawa became Canadian citizens. It was not a lightning-bolt decision, but a series of events that made …
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7. You have Nisei relatives named Tak, Tad, George, Harry or Shig. — From 101 Ways To Tell If You’re Japanese American Of the various …
Read Part 2 >> Why is the NAJC still relevant today? The NAJC has an important role to play especially as a human rights watchdog …
Read Part 1 >> Going back to the pre-Redress days then, can you trace your involvement with the Japanese Canadian community in Winnipeg and beyond? …
When it comes to our Canadian Nikkei heroes, Art Kazumi Miki, the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) president from 1984 to 1992 who led …
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