By Jonathan van Harmelen. The study of relations between Chinese and Japanese Americans during WWII is a small yet growing field. Although both immigrant communities shared experiences of racial ...

By John Sammon — Sansei (third generation American born) Japanese Americans often have prior family histories that have been blacked out; their Nisei (second generation) parents who were imprisoned by ...

By John Sammon. Mollie Oto is one of those rare people of whom it could be said was truly irreplaceable. But though her recent passing saddened so many, it remains a consolation she will live on in ...

The subscription rate is $45 for one year, 24 issues, mailed USPS First Class. NikkeiWest is normally published and sent to the post office on the 10th and 25th of each month. Publishing days may ...

Thank you for your form submission. If we have any problems, we will get back with you.

Tetsuo “Tek” Ueda, 87, of Salinas, passed away peacefully from cancer on Dec. 9, 2019.Born on Oct. 27, 1932 in Indio, Calif., Tek grew up in the San Gabriel Valley area and lived in El Monte, Calif.

The recently re-released film, “Issei: The First Generation,” is now available on DVD for individual or institutional purchase. The film is based on rare and candid interviews with immigrant Issei ...

By John Sammon — Kenji Oshima coaches people who are suffering with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and he also teaches Buddhism (Dharma).

Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, died April 7 after an extended illness, according to the U.S.-Japan Council. Hirano Inouye, born in 1948, was the president of the ...

Base­ball in California: A History” by Kerry Yo Nakagawa has just been published by The History Press. The book includes a pref­ace by the late actor Noriyuki “Pat” Morita and a foreword by former New ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wendy Mink, daughter of Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink (D-Hawaii), received on Nov. 24, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her mother’s behalf from President Barack Obama in the East ...

By John Sammon. Sonia Prasad Quesada found a unique way to thank a departed ancestor for contributions to her life as well as the country and to pay tribute to the struggles her grandfather faced in ...