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 four main islands—Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū,...
Japanese Americans (日系アメリカ人, Nikkei Amerikajin?) are Americans of Japanese descent who trace their ancestry to the Japanese Archipelago, the Kurile Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands, and are residents and/or citizens of the United States....
As a Japanese American...* As a Japanese-American, the events of September 11th generate distinct and perhaps unique resonances. The many analogies to Pearl Harbor evoke not only the universal American shock, horror, and outrage at that surprise military attack, but summon other associations...
Regarding the letter from Werner Gruhl {"Smithsonian Amnesia," Nov. 11} concerning the Smithsonian's exhibit on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians published in 1982 found that the broad historical...
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 expressed concern for the unpredictable impact such a resolution may have on U.S.-Japan relations....
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 community affairs, coinciding with the start of Asian Pacific Heritage during the month of May in...
A history of Japanese immigration to the United States and how they established themselves economically, socially and through religion in their new home.
