One such individual was Hung Wai Ching, one of the founders of the Varsity Victory Volunteers and advocate for the creation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Born in 1905 in Honolulu to Chinese ...

A diminutive woman physically (she was 5 foot 1 and 90 pounds), Oto left a big legacy in Sacramento. From her 14-hour-a-day work ethic to her extensive work as a community volunteer. Oto became famed ...

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The Obituary continuation on Page 8 was misprinted by the printer. They used part of the March 10 file that overlapped the printing plate. The corrected version is listed here and ...

The recently re-released film, “Issei: The First Generation,” is now available on DVD for individual or institutional purchase. The film is based on rare and candid interviews with immigrant Issei ...

Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, died April 7 after an extended illness, according to the U.S.-Japan Council. Hirano Inouye, born in 1948, was the president of the ...

The History Press, based in Charleston, S.C., brings a new way of thinking to history pub­lishing — preserving and enrich­ing community by empowering history enthusiasts to write local stories for ...

Sansei (third generation American born) Japanese Americans often have prior family histories that have been blacked out; their Nisei (second generation) parents who were imprisoned by the U.S.

During World War II the U.S. Government decided to lock up 120,000 mostly Japanese American citizens living along the West Coast for suspected disloyalty. Oshima’s family including his father William ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wendy Mink, daughter of Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink (D-Hawaii), received on Nov. 24, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her mother’s behalf from President Barack Obama in the East ...

Sonia Prasad Quesada found a unique way to thank a departed ancestor for contributions to her life as well as the country and to pay tribute to the struggles her grandfather faced in the early 1900’s ...