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Survivor shares story of WWII Japanese-American internment camp
The Bryan-College Station Eagle· 4 hours agoIn 1942, Sam Mihara, a U.S.-born citizen, was just 9 years old when he and his family were forced to...
Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFor AAPI History Month: Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed...
Facing development and decay, endangered US sites hope national honor can aid revival
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoTo the casual visitor, Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district might appear to be the thriving, downtown...
Jailed students, a canceled commencement, angry parents: USC's Carol Folt takes on critics
LA Times via AOL· 17 hours agoA cascade of decisions that Folt made this spring around USC's commencement and Israel-Hamas...
The Public Finally Has Access to an Accurate List of Japanese Americans Detained During World War II
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoAfter the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States’ government incarcerated more than...
Ancestry website cataloguing names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II
The Times and Democrat· 6 days agoThe names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II...
Little Tokyo named one of America's most endangered places by preservation group
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMichael Okamura, a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum, gives a tour of 1st Street in...
NYC Japan Day Parade 2024 guide
WNYW via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoAlso known as Japan Day, reborn in 2022 as the Japan Parade and the Japan Street Fair honors Japanese-American communities in the city. The parade...
