Japanese American, Internment camp and Day of Remembrance

Internment camp survivor shares his important life story on Japanese American Day of Remembrance
Rina Nakano speaks with Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki, a World War II internment camp survivor who wound up serving in the United States Army after resisting a pervious draft. He tells his important life story on Japanese American Day of Remembrance as a signal to continue fighting in the face of adversity.
San Jose State holds Japanese American internment day of remembrance
Executive Order 9066, issued in 1942, led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, including many American citizens. To mark the anniversary, San Jose State University held a day of remembrance,
U.S. Army veteran remembers his family's history on Japanese American internment anniversary
Every year on February 19, 99-year-old Takashi Hoshizaki shares his family's story of when they were forced into internment in Wyoming.
Utah historians run exhibit on Japanese-American internment
Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the executive order for Japanese-American internment during World War II. Utah played a role in the dark chapter of American history with the Topaz Internment Camp near Delta.
80-year anniversary of Japanese Americans released from internment camps
Residents of East Los Angeles marked the 80th anniversary of the day in 1945 when the Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II were allowed to return to their former hometowns on the West Coast.
Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of Japanese internment through Executive Order 9066
Feb. 19 marks the anniversary of an executive order that led to the involuntary detention of thousands of Japanese-Americans ...
Bay Area photo exhibit recreates the Japanese American internment experience of WWII
A photo exhibit explores the story of Japanese Americans forced into internment camps with reproduced historical photos paired with the originals.
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Japanese Internment
Pictured here, a community kitchen at Japanese-Canadian internment camp in Greenwood, B.C., 1943. (National Archives of Canada, C-024452) Japanese Canadians were told to pack a single suitcase ...
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Japantown looks back — and ahead — on internment anniversary
As Japantown residents and community leaders prepared to gather this weekend to mark the anniversary of the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, living survivors ...
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Canada’s Japanese Community
Slowly, Canada began to limit Japanese immigration. Japanese Canadians were denied the right to vote until the late 1940s. 22,000 Japanese placed in internment camps During and after World ...
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Flag project recalls Japanese internment camps, one signature at a time
More than 60 people signed an American flag that bears more than 500 names of Japanese internment camp survivors during a ceremony at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple on Aug. 15, 2021. Photo by ...
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Japan-Canada bridge plans to honor emigrants at Hiroshima site
On a summer vacation, he traveled north and visited his great-aunt, who lived in a small town in western Canada. The town was the site of an internment camp for Japanese descendants during World ...
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Fighting from the Home Front
23,000 Japanese Canadians were relocated from the British Columbia coast to internment camps in the interior. It was the largest displacement of people in Canada's history. But for the most part ...