Remembering Mitsuye Endo’s sacrifice to end Japanese American incarceration
President Joe Biden posthumously awarded Mitsuye Endo the Presidential Citizens Medal on Jan. 2 — a long-overdue recognition ...
Beloved public art exhibit featuring Japanese American history discovered defaced on MLK Jr. Day
Black paint was used to cover the art exhibit which shows landmark Japanese businesses and a mural memorializing the ...
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Why a Japanese American lawyer wants Reparations for Black Californians
When Donald Tamaki got a call from the Governor’s Office asking him to interview for a position on California’s Reparations ...
Willamette Week1d
Oregon Swears In First Japanese American Lawmaker
Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American ...
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Exhibit on internment of Japanese Americans explores the trauma, tenacity in a dark moment in U.S. history
“Daruma of Resilience II” by Kristine Aono is a wall installation depicting Daruma, a Buddhist monk and symbol of resilience in the face of adversity. Visitors are encouraged to write out ...
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Righting a wrong, name by name − monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned in WWII
June Aochi Berk, now 92 years old, remembers the trepidation and fear she felt 80 years ago on Jan. 2, 1945. On that date, Berk and her family members were released by military order from the U.S ...
The Hour20d
Righting a wrong, name by name − the Irei monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned by the US government during World War II
To reckon with this injustice, the Irei Project: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration was launched in 2019. This community nonprofit project was originally incubated at the ...
Santa Maria Times3d
'Behind Barbed Wire' to highlight Japanese American WWII experience
The Clark Center for the Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande will offer a special presentation Jan. 31 by historian Jim Gregory, ...
The New York Times19d
Americans Are Warming to a Different Kind of Japanese Whiskey
More than 130 years after its inventor tried to introduce it in the U.S., whiskey made with a mold called koji is catching on in bars and stores. Takamine is a new whiskey made with koji, a mold ...
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‘This is historic’: Oregon swears in first female Japanese American lawmaker
Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as the state’s first Japanese American woman to join the Oregon legislature.