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Outcry in Japan over Chinese bias at Canadian history museum: ‘lies into truth’
With exhibits on Unit 731 and wartime atrocities, critics in Tokyo warn the museum is eroding Japan's 'credibility and ...
Sharing history, survivors of the U.S. Japanese internment camps
Jean Mishima was 6 years old when Japanese Americans across the United States were forced into internment camps, following ...
Cal Poly team unearths artifacts from family forced into Japanese internment camp
The Yoshida family lived along the Pecho Coast a century ago. Now, you can learn their story at an exhibit at the San Luis ...
Japanese baseball icon, ‘Mr. Pro Baseball,’ dies at 89: ‘A national star’
Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, known in Japan as "Mr. Pro Baseball," has died at age 89, his former team, the ...
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Exhibit highlights local Japanese American family incarcerated during World War II
San Luis Obispo History Center hosts ‘A Dream Interrupted’ through August – Cal Poly anthropology and geography students are ...
Shigeo Nagashima, Beloved All-Time Great of Japanese Baseball, Dies at 89
Former Tokyo Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima—one of the most successful and beloved players in the history of Japanese baseball—has died of pneumonia, his former ...
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Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89
Long before the rise of Shohei Ohtani and Ichiro Suzuki, Nagashima was arguably the most famous player in Japanese baseball ...
The Japanese government is cracking down on unique children’s names – here’s what it means
Government bans unconventional kanji pronunciations to dissuade parents from giving children quirky and individualistic names ...
Brigham City Museum raises awareness through history exhibit on local Japanese pioneers
Brigham City Museum's exhibit on Japanese pioneers attracted hundreds of visitors within the first days of its opening.That exhibit, called ‘Uncovering the Jour ...
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The Hidden History of the Nazi U-Boats That Prowled the Gulf Coast, Bringing World War II to America’s Shores
German submarines sank 56 Allied ships in the region and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own in the process ...
Researcher shares history of Ogden's Japanese farms
While building North America’s railroads, the Japanese rail workers in northern Utah, were also trying to build their own ...