National Jul 22, 2020
Japanese American woman who symbolized WWII injustice dies at 80
More than 120,000 people were forced into camps in the United States during the war, an act for which the U.S. government later apologized and paid reparations.
National / History Jul 10, 2019
Decades on, justice still eludes interned Japanese Canadians and their kin
by Steve McClure
More than 70 years after racism and wartime hysteria devastated their community, Japanese Canadians are still fighting for justice. They've launched a campaign called BC Redress with the aim of getting the British Columbia provincial government to formally acknowledge its role in the internment of ...
National / History May 7, 2019
Annual pilgrimage to Manzanar internment camp for Japanese-Americans still resonates
by Kimi Robinson
After he was expelled from college for "inciting a riot" while fighting for African Americans' civil rights and protesting the Vietnam War, Warren Furutani decided it was time to galvanize a Japanese American community that had experienced mass incarceration two decades earlier. Just 22 years ...
Digital Mar 17, 2019
'East of the Rockies': Reliving Japanese-Canadian internment
by Cullen Bird
Innovative augmented reality storytelling app introduces users to the dark history of Japanese-Canadian internment during World War II, via a touching tale by Joy Kogawa.
Commentary / Japan Feb 12, 2019
The state that accepted Japanese-Americans
by Kuni Miyake
The relationship between Japan and Colorado has been fantastic, in part because how the state's governor treated Japanese-Americans during World War II.
National / History Sep 30, 2018
Japanese-Canadians weigh a harsh WWII experience — one that surpassed their U.S. cousins
by Takaki Tominaga
Thirty years after the Canadian government formally apologized over the internment and expulsion of citizens of Japanese ancestry following the outbreak of World War II, those affected still carry painful memories of discrimination and hardship. Over the years, many have questioned their identity and tried ...
Books / Reviews | RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN Sep 1, 2018
'Isako Isako': No punches pulled when confronting internment
by Iain Maloney
Mia Ayumi Malhotra's collection of poetry, "Isako Isako," is a carefully controlled whirlwind of ideas and impressions that reminds us that the scars laid down today will still be visible generations from now
World / Crime & Legal Jun 27, 2018
by Jesse Johnson
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, but in the process also overruled an infamous 1944 decision that allowed the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II because of concerns over homeland ...
World / Politics Mar 17, 2018
'Oh, konnichiwa': U.S. interior secretary's remark to lawmaker of Japanese descent draws fire
by Jesse Johnson
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke came under fire this week for what critics said was a "flippant" and "juvenile" use of a Japanese greeting when responding to a question from a congresswoman of Japanese descent during a House committee hearing. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, of Hawaii, ...
Baseball Jan 29, 2018
Koichi Kaminishi, the last living member of a storied Japanese-Canadian baseball team active from 1914 until Canada's mass internment of Japanese during World War II, reflected on the team and his wartime experiences at a celebration of his 96th birthday this month near Vancouver. The ...
Basketball | HOOP SCOOP Oct 13, 2017
Memories of war have had profound effect on Meschery
by Ed Odeven
Third in a three-part series Memories help define who we are as individuals, and provide common links among communities, cultures and nations. For Tom Meschery, memories of World War II remain etched in the backroads of his mind. A young boy in Tokyo during the war, ...
National Feb 17, 2017
Trump immigration policies deja vu for descendants of WWII internees
by Magdalena Osumi
Seventy-five years ago an executive order issued by then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt uprooted the families of Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry, or Nikkei, who were removed from Western coastal regions in the U.S. and taken to remote, guarded camps. Sunday will mark the ...