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‘Kintsukuroi,’ feature film about JA experience, coming to Sacramento June 30
June 20, 2024 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
Of all the films Nikkei writer/director Kerwin Berk has made, he says his latest film, “Kintsukuroi,” is by far his most rewarding due to the participation of an almost all-Nikkei […] READ MORE
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Yonsei filmmaker honors his grandfather in ‘Nisei’
February 15, 2024 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
Describing it as a “love letter to my family,” Yonsei producer/director Darren Haruo Rae honors his grandfather and members of the 442nd Regimental Combat with “Nisei” (2023, 21 min.), a […] READ MORE
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‘Go For Broke Spirit’ at Building 640
December 7, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
The National Japanese American Historical Society is currently hosting “The Go For Broke Spirit” exhibit by Los Angeles-based photographer Shane Sato. The large portraits feature Japanese American veterans in uniform […] READ MORE
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A ‘family-themed inquiry’ into the ‘wages of war’
January 1, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
WHEN THE AKIMOTOS WENT TO WAR: AN UNTOLD STORY OF FAMILY, PATRIOTISM, AND SACRIFICE DURING WORLD WAR IIBy Matthew Elms (Arlington, Va.: American Battle Monuments Commission, 2015, 146 pp., $15, […] READ MORE
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A visual depiction of the 100th and 442nd’s sacrifice
July 24, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
JOURNEY OF HEROES: The Story of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team By Stacey T. Hayashi, Illustrated by Damon Wong (Self published, 2012, 45 pp., $10, paperback) […] READ MORE
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War vet Kuwayama, who saved Daniel Inouye’s life, dies
July 10, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama, a 442nd Regimental Combat Team combat medic, passed away June 29, the Japanese American Veterans Association said in a statement. He was 96. Kuwayama was […] READ MORE
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An inclusive tribute to the Nisei WWII veterans
January 1, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
PROUD TO SERVE: JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VETERANS Edited by Chris Komai (Los Angeles: Rafu Shimpo and Japanese American Living Legacy 2012, 390 pp., $29.95, paperback) This is a […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: Shinkichi George Tajiri’s artistic legacy depicts a diverse lifetime of hardships
September 6, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Amid the innumerable topics that make up the tapestry of Japanese American history, one little-noticed theme is that of Nisei in Europe. While the exploits of the 442nd Regimental Combat […] READ MORE
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SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND SELFLESSNESS: Sacramento honors WWII veterans
May 31, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Soaring six stories high in the courtyard, the California State Museum’s Constitution Wall proclaimed in huge words “rights,” “redress,” “without discrimination” and “liberty” to the some 300 […] READ MORE
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Nisei war veteran donates Congressional Gold Medal to UC Berkeley
May 18, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
BERKELEY, Calif. — Dr. Kenji Sayama is one of University of California, Berkeley’s staunchest supporters. He is forever grateful to the university for taking the extra step in sending his […] READ MORE
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