Japanese Americans
Overview
A country slightly larger than the United Kingdom (about the size of California), Japan lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent. An archipelago, Japan consists of...
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Many people of different ethnicities in the United States of America were pushed around and have been helpless victims of discrimination. They also were given little appreciation of their strengths an...
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As a U.S. House committee passed a resolution Tuesday seeking
Japan's apology over the sexual exploitation of Asian women during
World War II, some members of the Japanese-Americans community...
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New York-based entrepreneur Julie Azuma was recently honored by
the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans with the first annual Lotus
Award for her long-term involvement in Asian-American comm...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - An Asian-American US Army officer who refused
to deploy to Iraq because he believes the war to be illegal is
splitting the Japanese-American community an...
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Lessons learned from the internment of Japanese-Americans during
World War II are still relevant today in ongoing efforts to defend
the civil liberties of ethnic and religious minorities, say...
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Downtown Los Angeles was illuminated Sunday evening by a
''Nebuta'' float made specially in Japan and shipped to the United
States for the 67th annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival Grand Parad...
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With this year marking the centennials of both the Japan Society
and Japanese American Association of New York Inc., the Nippon Club
in New York is holding an exhibition of a painter who live...
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Some Japanese-Americans fear for 'comfort women' resolution fallout
NEW YORK - As a U.S. House committee passed a resolution Tuesday
seeking Japan's apology over the sexual explo...
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Justice Stephen Breyer on Saturday stressed the role of the Supreme Court in protecting civil liberties in an age of terrorism.At a public appearance in Brussels, Belgium, the justice said the high...
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The House on Tuesday approved a long-delayed plan to designate Bainbridge Island, Wash. _ where hundreds of Japanese-Americans were once forced from their homes on the way to prison camps during Wo...
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Ministry probes food poisoning surrounding Chinese-made dumplings
TOKYO - The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has started
taking steps to investigate the extent of food poi...
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Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans: The Struggle between Freedom and Discrimination
Some Japanese-Americans fear for 'comfort women' resolution fallout
