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 ...
A city in Arizona memorialized a WWII internment camp for Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans on Saturday by unveiling a series of panels with information about the area's wartime history. "I felt desperate after I was taken to the camp at 15, but baseball was my ...
Russia criticizes the contents of documents recently listed by the U.N. on Japanese soldiers held in the Soviet Union after World War II, saying they contradict a bilateral agreement on the issue.
Don't count on the controversial internment of loyal Japanese Americans during World War II to receive full coverage in future American high school history classes.
A leading group of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent, including some who suffered internment during World War II, are using their community's experiences to campaign for a society free of discrimination and prejudice. The Japanese American Citizens League renewed its call for the protection of ...
The 1944 U.S. Supreme Court affirmation of the wartime power to intern "enemy" racial groups provides a sober reminder after the Boston bombings.
