WWII
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Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
November 23, 2023 by Associated Press
By ED KOMENDA and LINDSEY WASSONAssociated Press JEROME, Idaho — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger onto the mint-green exit card. And a photograph […] READ MORE
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Korematsu Institute commemorates 40th anniversary of coram nobis cases
November 9, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Though several months delayed from Fred Korematsu’s birthday on Jan. 30, the Fred T. Korematsu Institute held its annual celebration Oct. 21 at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, commemorating […] READ MORE
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‘Defining Courage’ brings the story of Nisei soldiers of WWII powerfully to life
October 12, 2023 by Gil Asakawa, Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — “Defining Courage,” a unique multi-platform, immersive live performance about the Nisei soldiers who served during World War II, is a work that’s ever-evolving. When David Ono, ABC7 […] READ MORE
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Kishi Bashi finds himself in ‘Omoiyari’ documentary
October 12, 2023 by Soji Kashiwagi, Nichi Bei News
For those familiar with “camp” films, much of the archival footage and photos in the documentary song film “Omoiyari” are not new, but what make this new work absolutely unique […] READ MORE
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Internationally-trained violinist taught at Tanforan and Topaz
September 18, 2023 by Greg Robinson, Nichi Bei News
In a recent column, I told the story of Newton Tani, the talented Nisei pianist who taught at the music schools at Tanforan, Calif. and Topaz (Central Utah). Another eminent […] READ MORE
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Returning to Manzanar
July 20, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Manzanar Mosaic: Essays and Oral Histories on America’s First World War II Japanese American Concentration Camp By Arthur A. Hansen (Denver: University Press of Colorado, 2023, 336 pp., $42; $29.95, […] READ MORE
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An in-depth examination of the WRA’s legal system
July 20, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
LAWYER, JAILER, ALLY, FOE: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps By Eric L. Muller (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2023, 283 pp., $30, […] READ MORE
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EO9066’s ‘coerced prison work(ers)’
July 20, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION: The Camps and Coerced Labor During World War II By Stephanie Hinnershitz (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021, 309 pp., $39.95, hardcover) Although certainly not an American […] READ MORE
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An inquiry into the Kibei-Nisei ‘diasporic experiences’
July 20, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
CITIZENS, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE STATELESS: A Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific By Michael R. Jin (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2022, 223 pp., $30, paperback) I feel a close […] READ MORE
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Events honor James Wakasa, inmate who was killed at Topaz, but questions remain about future of his memorial
June 8, 2023 by Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: Chizu Omori is a Wakasa Memorial Committee member. James Hatsuaki Wakasa probably would have been astonished by the recognition and appreciation events attendees bestowed upon him in April […] READ MORE
