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It is with my heaviest, yet most grateful heart that I present this poetic speech from our beloved Jim Matsuoka, who passed on towards the …
Hundreds of families and individuals sleep in safe, clean, affordable homes in neighborhoods around Little Tokyo of Los Angeles. Hundreds of economically insecure families and …
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Nell Yukiye Murphy knows the importance of keeping a significant part of Japanese American history alive and she also knows the power of persistence. That …
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Read part 1 >> Kinship Ties Forged and Broken Back at Manzanar, Kenji and his siblings eventually learned that his father was imprisoned in the …
Kenji Suematsu was living with his parents and siblings in Costa Mesa, California at the outbreak of World War II. His father, an immigrant farmer …
Read Part 1 >> So do you remember your parents saying anything about this tension or the war that had broken out between the two …
“I think the main thing is that they had themselves had nothing to do with the problem between the two countries. There’s nothing you can …
Although most of the permanent clergy at the Maryknoll missions did not come out of the Japanese American community, a number of Nikkei clergy, such …
As I have noted in my previous articles on the work of Fathers Leopold Tibesar and Hugh Lavery, a number of Maryknoll clergy played important roles …
On April 12, 2017, I interviewed Frank Kikuchi, a local Nisei who currently lives at Hollenbeck-Palms Retirement Community. Frank, now 93 years young, was a …
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Nima Voices: Episode 11 Featured Nima: Sergio Hernández Galindo Guest Host: Alberto Matsumoto [Language: Spanish]
Voces Nima: Episodio 11 Featured Nima: Sergio Hernández Galindo Guest Host: Alberto Matsumoto [Idioma: español]
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