In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the National Park Service (NPS) has launched a “Virtual Museum†highlighting more than 200 items from Manzanar National Historic Site’s museum collection. “This is the 41st Virtual Museum that the National Park Service has created, and we’re honored to be launching it close to the 41st annual […]
NPS awards $2.9 million in grants to preserve confinement sites
May 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded 23 grants totaling $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret historic locations where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. In the program’s second year, the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grants will help fund projects in a dozen states, including the restoration of a historic […]
NJAHS Awards Celebrate Japanese American Accomplishments and U.S.-Japan Relations
April 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
On March 27, the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) held its annual awards dinner, with the theme of “New Beginnings, Bold Visions,†honoring leaders who have made great achievements for the Japanese American community. The event, which featured former Governor of Hawai‘i George Ariyoshi as its keynote speaker, also acknowledged the 150th anniversary of […]
The Yellow Peril Revisited
April 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Roger Shimomura is known for using his art to challenge racism and stereotypes and to explore Japanese American identity. Since the 1970s, the Kansas-based artist has been combining the concepts and aesthetics of pop art with the look of ukiyo-e (Japanese wood-block printing), juxtaposing iconic American imagery to make bold statements about the way we […]
ETCHED INTO HISTORY: Merced Assembly Center Memorial Unveiled
March 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
MERCED, Calif. — The city of Merced has never really been a destination point of any sort. Located off of Highway 99 in California’s Central Valley, it’s a gateway to one of California’s most popular destinations, Yosemite National Park. Last year, it was put on the map by one famous visitor, First Lady Michelle Obama, […]
DOR Shows Korematsu Case’s Relevance to Today’s Civil Liberties Issues
February 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES — The 2010 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance, held Feb. 20 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, featured San Francisco civil rights attorney Dale Minami as the keynote speaker. Minami spoke on Korematsu v. United States and its relevance to current civil liberties issues and the government’s use […]
Fujita Set to Take NFL’s Grandest Stage
February 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This weekend, when Japanese Americans tune in to watch the nation’s biggest televised sporting event, many of them will do a double take. They’ll see a New Orleans Saints linebacker dart across the screen, read the name printed above the number 55 on his jersey, and marvel to themselves, “Fujita? I didn’t know a Nikkei […]
THE POWER OF WORDS REVISITED: ‘Concentration Camps’ and ‘Internment Camps’
November 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Note: The following is the second part of a series on the terminology used to describe the incarceration of Nikkei during WWII. The first piece, which focused on two specific terms — “evacuation†and “relocation†— appeared in the Nichi Bei Times Weekly July 23-29, 2009 (www.nichibeitimes.com). Some people have told me the problem with […]
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