Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ‘greatest swindles’
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
California Sets Aside Jan. 30 to Honor Man Who Defied Japanese Internment
Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution was established under a bill by Assemblymen Warren Furutani, ...
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Lawmakers push to take Fred Korematsu Day national
The Japanese American man from California was convicted for defying incarceration orders for people of Japanese descent during WWII. Who is Fred Korematsu: Korematsu, born to Japanese immigrants ...
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The Story of the Godfather of Asian-American Media, Told by His Son
Co-directed with Duane Kubo, it chronicles the tumultuous life of a Japanese-American man played by the mononymous actor Mako, and was partially informed by the elder Nakamura’s personal ...
Japanese court upholds conviction of American who helped fugitive former Nissan chief hide pay
A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of a former American Nissan executive on charges of helping fugitive former ...
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Defacement of Japanese American mural a “gutpunch”
In the wee hours, sometime between Sunday, Jan. 19 and Monday, Jan. 20, vandals destroyed a historic Wing Luke Museum mural ...