Category Archives: 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team

Like White on Rice

Posted on September 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

Former internees are helping decide how internment life should be presented to the public at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

Speaking of internment, a granddaughter of a former internee asks some difficult questions on Minnesota Public Radio.

One young man’s journey to talk to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner.

Seattle’s Nikkei Concerns: helping the area’s aging Japanese American population.

Comedy fans rejoice – White on Rice has made its way to DVD.

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Baseball, Manzanar, and Silicon Valley

Posted on August 13, 2010 | Leave a comment

Seattle reacts to the firing of Don Wakamatsu, Major League Baseball’s first Japanese American manager.

Irene Hirano Inouye, former president and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, will talk to UH Mānoa professor emeritus George Tanabe on his radio program, “Thinking Out Loud: Talking Issues, Taking Action.” Tune in Monday, August 16, to AM 1210 KZOO at 6:30 p.m. to hear the interview, or call in at (808) 941-5966.

What to expect at Manzanar these days.

The effect of World War II on Silicon Valley.

Celebrating Japanese food and culture in Sacramento.

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Beetles and baseball and more

Posted on June 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

Japanese American veterans take a moment to remember those who served America.

There’s a rumor out that Ken Watanabe – who starred in The Last Samurai – will be directing a movie on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Read about Monterey’s long history of Japanese American baseball.

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, a documentary about Japan’s love of insects, is hitting theaters.

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Bronze and butoh

Posted on May 19, 2010 | Leave a comment

How will the rising price of bronze affect plans for a statue honoring Japanese American veterans in California?

Celebrating the life of C. Doris Hoshide, a former Map Service translator, who recently passed away at the age of 99.

If you are in Mountain View on Saturday, May 22, be sure to check out Lane Nishikawa’s World War II film Only the Brave. Nishikawa is a Hawaii-born sansei.

Butoh . . . and jazz . . . and anime . . .

A look inside the artwork created by interned Japanese Americans. You can also check it out at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery exhibition called The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946.

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Sweaters and violins . . .

Posted on May 6, 2010 | Leave a comment

The consequences of grouping all Asians together.

Enter the world of Junko Watanabe, or, as she is affectionately known in Los Angeles, the Sweater Girl.

Seattle’s Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington is looking for help online.

The Washington Post takes a look at the interesting life of Susumu Ito, 442 veteran and former Harvard Medical School professor.

Speaking of Harvard, 21-year-old physics major and violin player Ryu Goto made his debut at Carnegie Hall last Tuesday.

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Posted in 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, Art, Entertainment, Science

Tenkara and Taikoproject

Posted on April 16, 2010 | Leave a comment

Not familiar with the Japanese fishing practice known as tenkara? Daniel Galhardo is trying to spread the word in America.

Talking Taikoproject in Fort Wayne.

NPR looks at some of the World War II veterans who helped liberate Europe’s concentration camps. And so does the Boston Globe.

Spreading Japanese culture in San Francisco.

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Dan the Automator and mochitsuki in Michigan

Posted on January 7, 2010 | Leave a comment

The Rafu Shimpo celebrates the performances of Asian and Asian American athletes in 2009.

An alarming trend concerning Asian American students and suicide.

If you happen to be in the Great Lakes State, you might want to head down to the University of Michigan this Saturday to make some mochi.

The popular SXSW music festival announced that Japanese American hip-hop artist Dan the Automator will be on the bill.

Placer County dedicated a monument to the soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team earlier last month.

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Posted in 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, Entertainment, Food, Japanese Americans, Sports

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