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Alberto Fujimori
'''Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori Fujimori''' (; Japanese name: ) (born 28 July 1938) served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of authoritarianism and human rights violations. Even amidst his 2008 prosecution for "crimes against humanity" relating to his presidency, two-thirds of Peruvians polled voiced approval for his leadership in that period.
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Allan M. Ohata
Allan Masaharu Ohata (September 13, 1918 – October 17, 1977) was a soldier in the 100th Infantry Battalion who received the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration for valor in the United States military, for action in Cerasuolo, Italy during World War II. Along with Mikio Hasemoto, who also received the medal, he helped repel a German attack on his unit's left flank. He was originally awarded the Distinguished Service Cross which was eventually upgraded to the Medal of Honor upon military review on June 21, 2000.
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Apolo Anton Ohno
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Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. They comprise the third largest minority group in the United States. The most commonly used definition of Asian American is the U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asian, which includes individuals of East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian origin.
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Barney F. Hajiro
Barney F. Hajiro (born September 16, 1916) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Ben Kuroki
Ben Kuroki (born May 16, 1917) flew a total of 58 combat missions during World War II, and is the only Japanese-American in the United States Army Air Forces to serve in combat operations in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ (; born March 20, 1939) was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of highly contentious economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the Goods and Services Tax, and the failure of equally contentious constitutional reforms through the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords. Prior to his political career, he was a prominent lawyer and businessman in Montreal.
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Daniel Inouye
Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye (;, Inoue Ken; born September 7, 1924) is an American politician who is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii and the President pro tempore of the United States Senate making him the highest-ranking Asian American politician in American history. A Democrat, Inouye is the chairman of the influential United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.
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Ford Konno
Ford Hiroshi Konno (born January 1, 1933 in Honolulu) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who swam at McKinley High School (Hawaii) and the Ohio State University.
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Francis Fukuyama
Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 27 October 1952) is a U.S. philosopher, political economist, and author.
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Frank H. Ono
Frank H. Ono (June 5, 1923 – May 6, 1980) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Fred Korematsu
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu (是松 豊三郎, January 30, 1919 – March 30, 2005) was one of the many Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast during World War II. Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the Secretary of War and his military commanders to require all Japanese Americans be removed from designated "military areas" and placed in internment camps. When such orders were issued for the West Coast, Korematsu instead became a fugitive. His conviction for disobeying that order led to a test of the order's legality before the United States Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States.
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.
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George T. Sakato
George Taro Sakato (, born February 19, 1921) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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George Takei
George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor of Japanese descent, best known for his role in the television series , in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the . He is an outspoken proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.
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Hisaye Yamamoto
Hisaye Yamamoto (born 23 August 1921) is a Japanese-American author. She is best known for the short story collection Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories, first published in 1988. Her work confronts issues of the Japanese immigrant experience in America, the disconnect between first and second generation immigrants, as well as the difficult role of women in society.
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Homer Plessy
Homer Plessy (March 17, 1862 – March 1, 1925) was the American plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Arrested, tried and convicted of a violation of one of Louisiana's racial segregation laws, he appealed to the Supreme Court, and lost. The resulting "separate-but-equal" decision against him had wide consequences for civil rights in the United States. The decision legitimized segregation anywhere in the United States, as long as the facilities provided for both blacks and whites were "equal".
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Isamu Noguchi
was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold.
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James K. Okubo
James K. Okubo (May 30, 1920 – January 29, 1967) was a United States Army soldier and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II.
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Japanese Brazilian
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Japanese British
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Japanese Canadian
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Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as . The term "Japanese people" may also be used in some contexts to refer to a locus of ethnic groups including the Yamato people, Ainu people, and Ryukyuans.
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Joe Hayashi
Joe J. Hayashi (August 14, 1920 – April 22, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Joe M. Nishimoto
Private First Class Joe M. Nishimoto (February 21, 1919 – November 15, 1944) was a member of the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team which served in the European theater during World War II. Nishimoto, who had been interned at the Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas, posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor in the United States, in 1998 by President Bill Clinton for his actions on November 7, 1944, near La Houssiere, France. His Medal of Honor citation reads as follows:
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John F. Aiso
John F. Aiso (December 14, 1909 – December 1987) was an American Nisei military leader, lawyer, and judge.
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John Okada
John Okada (September 23, 1923 — February 20, 1971) was a Japanese-American writer. Born in Seattle, Washington, he was a student at the University of Washington when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Okada and his family were interned at Minidoka in 1942. Okada served in the US Air Force during World War II, and later earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Washington and a master's degree from Columbia University. In 1957, Okada completed the manuscript for the novel No-No Boy.
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Kaoru Moto
Kaoru Moto (, April 25, 1917 – August 26, 1992) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Kazuo Otani
Kazuo Otani (June 2, 1918 – July 15, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Kiyoshi K. Muranaga
Kiyoshi K. Muranaga (, February 16, 1922 – June 26, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Masato Nakae
Masato Nakae (Japanese: 中江正人; December 20, 1917 – September 4, 1998) was a private in the United States Army who served with the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment during World War II. He was one of 22 Americans of Japanese descent received the Medal of Honor on June 21, 2000 (about two years after his death) by President Bill Clinton. Originally awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, his award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor after Congress directed the Secretary of the Army to review all awards of the DSC to Americans of Japanese and Pacific Islands descent to determine if racial bias had influenced the awards process.
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Mike Masaoka
Mike Masaru Masaoka (, October 15, 1915–June 26, 1991) was born in Fresno, California. The family moved to Salt Lake City where Masaoka legally changed his first name to "Mike," and became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Mikio Hasemoto
Mikio Hasemoto (July 13, 1916 – November 29, 1943) was a soldier in United States Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II during actions in Cerasuolo, Italy. Hasemoto, of Asian Pacific descent, fought with the 100th Infantry Battalion when he was killed while repelling an attack against numerically superior German forces. He was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1944 which was eventually upgraded to the Medal of Honor upon military review on June 21, 2000.
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Minoru Yamasaki
was an American architect, best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "romanticized modernism".
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Mirai Nagasu
Mirai Aileen Nagasu () , born April 16, 1993 is an American figure skater. She is the 2008 U.S. national champion, the 2010 U.S. silver medalist, and the 2007–2008 Junior Grand Prix Final champion.
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Norman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta, (born November 12, 1931) is a United States politician of the Democratic Party. Mineta most recently served in President George W. Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Secretary in the Bush administration. On June 23, 2006, Mineta announced his resignation after more than five years as Secretary of Transportation, effective July 7, 2006, making him the longest-serving Transportation Secretary in the Department's history. On July 10, 2006, Hill & Knowlton, a public relations firm, announced that Mineta would join it as a partner.
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Pat Morita
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was a Japanese-American actor who was well-known for playing the role of Arnold on Happy Days and known as Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid movie series, in which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.
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Robert T. Kuroda
Robert T. Kuroda (November 8, 1922 – October 20, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975).
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress later called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".
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Sadao Munemori
Sadao S. Munemori ( Munemori Sadao, born August 17, 1922 – April 5, 1945) was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor, after he sacrificed his life to save those of his colleagues at Seravezza, Italy during the closing stages of World War II. Munemori was a private first class in the United States Army, in Company A, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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Shinyei Nakamine
Shinyei Nakamine (January 21, 1920 – June 2, 1944) was a soldier in the 100th Infantry Battalion of the United States Army who received the United States' highest decoration for valor - The Medal of Honor, for actions in La Torreto, Italy during World War II. He received the medal for advancing on enemy forces when his own unit was pinned down. Nakamine was subsequently killed during this engagement and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross which was eventually upgraded to the Medal of Honor upon military review in June 2000.
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Shizuya Hayashi
Shizuya Hayashi (, November 28, 1917–March 12, 2008) was a soldier in the 100th Infantry Battalion of the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Cerasuolo, Italy during World War II. He distinguished himself by taking over a German position despite superior numbers. Hayashi was originally awarded the Distinguished Service Cross which was upgraded to the Medal of Honor upon military review in June 2001. The review was conducted on the belief that racial discrimination prevented Hayashi and several other soldiers of Asian descent from being awarded the United States' highest decoration for valor. Twenty one other soldiers also received the Medal based on the review. Hayashi was one of 12 who were still alive when the Medal was eventually awarded. Since being recognized with the Medal, Hayashi has been a guest speaker at various events including being an honored guest at the United States Army Southern European Task Force.
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Spark Matsunaga
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga () (October 8, 1916, in Kukuiula, Hawaii – April 15, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a United States Senator from Hawaii. He was an American Democrat whose legislation in the United States Senate led to the creation of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
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Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki (born November 30, 1977) is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.
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Ted T. Tanouye
Ted Takayuki Tanouye (November 14, 1919 – September 6, 1944) was a Japanese American soldier in the United States Army who posthumously received the United States military′s highest decoration for bravery—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Wataru Misaka
Wataru "Wat" Misaka () (born December 21, 1923) is a retired American basketball player. He was the first player of Asian descent and the first non-white person to play in the National Basketball Association (then known as the Basketball Association of America).
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William Hohri
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William K. Nakamura
William Kenzo Nakamura (January 21, 1922 – July 4, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Yeiki Kobashigawa
Yeiki Kobashigawa (, September 28, 1917 – March 31, 2005) was a soldier in United States Army who received the Medal of Honor in World War II during actions near Lanuvio, Italy. Kobashigawa, who fought with the 100th Infantry Battalion, was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a squad in destroying several German machine gun nests. He was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1944 which was eventually upgraded to the Medal of Honor upon military review on June 21, 2000. The review examined whether or not Asian Americans who fought in uniform during the war were treated unfairly due to prejudice. Twenty-two Americans of Asian ancestry who had fought in World War II were awarded the Medal after the review. Kobashigawa was one of only a handful still alive in 2000 to receive the Medal during a White House ceremony. After the war, Kobashigawa worked as a maintenance mechanic.
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Yoshinobu Oyakawa
Yoshinobu "Yoshi" Oyakawa (born August 9, 1933) was a backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the 100m Backstroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers.
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Yukio Okutsu
Yukio Okutsu (November 3, 1921 – August 24, 2003) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic (, ), is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous.
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Australia
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Bolivia
Bolivia (), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, (, ) is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, and Chile and Peru to the west.
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Brazil
Brazil (; , ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (, ), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Chile
Chile (, in English often pronounced //,), officially the Republic of Chile ( ), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. With Ecuador, it is one of two countries in South America which do not border Brazil. The Pacific coastline of Chile is 6,435 kilometres (4000 mi). Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas and Easter Island. Chile also claims about of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
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Colombia
Colombia (), officially the Republic of Colombia (, ), is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. With a population of over 45 million people, Colombia has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest in South America, after Brazil. Colombia has the fourth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico, the United States, and Spain.
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Florida
Florida () is a state of the United States. It is located in the Southeastern United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. Much of the state's land mass is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Caribbean to the south. Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state in 1845, after a three hundred year period of European colonization.
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Japan
Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan ( or Nihon-koku), is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
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London
London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Mexico
Mexico, (pronounced ; ), officially known as the United Mexican States (), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2 million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on Earth. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
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Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Paraguay
Paraguay (), officially the Republic of Paraguay (, ; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái ), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de América, or the Heart of America.
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Price Waterhouse
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San Jose, California
San Jose (; meaning St. Joseph in Spanish) is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the United States, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. Anchor to the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the country, it is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley area is the population center of the greater San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a region of nearly 7.5 million people, making it the sixth largest in the United States.
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Southern California
Southern California (SoCal) is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles, Greater San Diego, and the Inland Empire. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego, spilling over the border into Tijuana. Southern California, along with the San Francisco Bay Area, is a major cultural and economic center for the State of California and beyond.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Uruguay
Uruguay (, ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (sometimes rendered as the Eastern Republic of Uruguay in the English language; , ), is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.4 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88% of the population are of European descent.
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Washington, DC
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- Allan M. Ohata
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Continents (Released 2007)
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- Sagitari A
- De tietes i filles
- Dos eriçons
More Light (Released 2004)
- Departures
- The Rope
- Thankful
- Burning Pictures
- Hours (We) Spent
- As a Chain Reaction
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- Like Water
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Offset is Everything at Nisei Showoff
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- Duration: 3:16
- Published: 16 Sep 2009
- Uploaded: 31 Oct 2011
- Author: MotorMavens
Aggressive wheel fitment and drop seemed to be the theme of The Last Nisei Showoff. Southern Cali's best street cars show that OFFSET is everything. motormavens.com
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Nisei - Exode ("Los Conciertos de Radio 3")
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 28 May 2008
- Uploaded: 14 Aug 2011
- Author: ChaosWolrd
Nisei were a Catalonian Alternative rock band from Barcelona. More information and contact here: www.myspace.com The gig is from "Los Conciertos de Radio 3", "La 2", Spanish television. THANKS VERY MUCH, muchas gracias.
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Nisei Week Parade 2010
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- Duration: 4:50
- Published: 19 Aug 2010
- Uploaded: 26 Sep 2010
- Author: RafuShimpoOnline
Shotokan Karate of America Nisei Week
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- Duration: 1:00
- Published: 13 Jul 2008
- Uploaded: 16 Mar 2011
- Author: SKA1Shotokan
Shotokan Karate of America Traditional Karate demonstration and tournament at Cal Tech Brown Gym in Pasadena, California August 16, 2008 11am. Admission is free. All are welcome.
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Dance to Synthpop at Nisei Week
This beautiful song is called Alone by Namnambulu, check out the lyrics if you got the time. Also, If you see yourself in the video, let me know your time stamp and a brief description and I'll be happy to add a link to your page below ^w^ Happy birthday Jasmine, Jasmine thanks for cakeeee! Special thanks to Liquid8or for his FiOS connection, Jesse for his New Rock boots, and three camera persons, Tony Q, Morwen, and Nat chan for helping me shoot the video. Google+ plus.google.com Twitter twitter.com Facebook www.facebook.com Equipment: Sanyo FH1 2GHz Macbook Software: After Effects Audacity Final Cut Pro Cosplayers, Biwa man, Guest dancers, Yukata wearers, a karate man, +1 cute puppy (list is not complete): Paul the Shiba puppy @ 00:11 Mystery Biwa man @ 00:18 Shirtless Kakashi from Naruto @ 1:00 www.youtube.com L from Death Note @ 1:20 www.youtube.com Zero from Code Geass @ 1:27 Miku Hatsune (Popipo version) @ 2:19 Guy from Typing of The Dead @ 2:19 Grown up Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann @ 2:19 Luffy from One Piece @ 2:19 Gintoki from Gintama @ 2:27 www.youtube.com Grell from Kuroshitsuji @ 2:34 Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji @ 2:34 Ciel in a yukata from Kuroshitsuji @ 2:34 Akito from Air Gears @ 2:52 Light on his birthday from Death Note @ 3:10 www.youtube.com L from Death Note @ 3:10 www.youtube.com Panda girl @ 3:16 www.youtube.com Mello from Death Note @ 4:05 www.youtube.com BB from Death Note Another Note @ 4:13 Deidara from Naruto @ 4:22 Stephen Gevanni from <b>...</b>
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Nisei Week 2010 Promo
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- Duration: 0:58
- Published: 24 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 09 Nov 2010
- Author: maryknollshotokan
On Saturday, August 7th, come watch the oldest annual public karate demonstration in the United States. Shotokan Karate of America presents the 54th Annual Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament. The event began in 1957 when Mr. Tsutomu Ohshima gave the first official demonstration of karate to the American public. The tradition continues yearly as part of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival, a seventy year old celebration... of Japanese arts, traditions, games and foods. 2010 marks the 54th Annual Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament, which will be held on August 7th at the California Institute of Technology's Braun Gymnasium. The doors open at 10:30 AM. Admission and parking are both free to the public. For more information visit www.ska.org.
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2009 Nisei Week Parade
2009 Nisei Week Japanese Festival Grand Parade, Southern California Little Tokyo district of Downtown Los Angeles Aug 16, 2009.
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Japanese-American Nisei Linguists, World War II
Profile of Japanese-American Nisei linguists that served in the American armed forces during World War II.
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Kinnikuman Nisei - Kevin Mask's Theme - God Save the Queen
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- Duration: 4:37
- Published: 26 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 30 Aug 2011
- Author: Musashi980
Kinnikuman Nisei - Kevin Mask's Theme - God Save the Queen
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"Aquest Joc" Nisei (Concierto Radio 3)
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- Duration: 3:32
- Published: 25 May 2008
- Uploaded: 07 Jan 2011
- Author: ChaosWolrd
Nisei is Catalonian Alternative band.
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Nisei 100th Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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- Duration: 3:56
- Published: 23 Jul 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Sep 2011
- Author: SSTTInstitute
"Local" Island humor often misunderstood by "Mainlanders". However, when duty called local and mainland Nisei Japanese Americans bonded together to form the 100th Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team and US Military Intelligence Service(MIS). _____________________________________________ Decorations: 21 Medals of Honor 52 Distinguished Service Crosses 560 Silver Stars with 28 Oak Leaf Clusters 8 Distinguished Presidential unit Citations 1 Distinguished Service Medal 22 Legion Merit Medals 9486 Purple Hearts 4000 Bronze Stars with 1200 Oak Leaf Clusters 15 Soldier's Medals 12 French Croix de Guerre with 2 Palms 2 Italian Crosses 2 Italian Medals for Military Valor _____________________________________________ The 100th Infantry Battalion was an all Nisei battalion that consisted of former members of the Hawaii Army National Guard. Upon its activation the 100th saw heavy combat during World War II before and after combining with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, another all Nisei military unit, into a single all Nisei fighting combat team. The 100th today is the only remaining combat arms unit in the United States Army Reserve, the other units all being combat support or combat service support. Based at Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii, the 100th Battalion has reservists from Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and Saipan, and has been activated and deployed to Iraq. Historically, the unit is referred to as the "Purple Heart Battalion", with the motto "Remember Pearl Harbor". The <b>...</b>
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2008 Nisei Week Showoff Car Show
To many, the Nisei Week Showoff is just a car show, but there's way more significance behind it. For 68 years now, same age as Nads, the Nisei Week festival has been going on. The word Nisei means second generation in Japanese, so the entire event was designed around the second generation Japanese in the US. ****Check us out @ www.RiceboyTv.com for all our other videos, all shot in full HD. Feature Cars, Tech Installs, Event Coverage, New Product & New Car reviews, NSFW... and MUCH, MUCH MORE!!****"
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Kinnikuman Nisei: Shin Sedai Choujin VS Densetsu Choujin Intro
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Otomi-san - Club Nisei Orchestra
お富さん Club Nisei - Japanese Music of Hawaii Japanese Music of Hawaii (1947-1950)
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Japanese Rumba - Harold Sasahara & Club Nisei Orchestra
Hawaiian Nisei Songs - A Musical Cocktail of Japanese American Songs In 1950's Hawaii
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Kinnikuman Nisei - Full OP - Hustle Muscle
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 26 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 30 Oct 2011
- Author: Musashi980
Kinnikuman Nisei - Full OP - Hustle Muscle
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2010 Nisei Week Fashion Show.mp4
Joshua participates in the 2010 Nisei Week Fashion Show, held on June 13, 2010 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The Mistress & Master of Ceremonies were Tamlyn Tomita and Rodney Kageyama. Joshua would like to thank Linda Honda & Joyce Chinn for allowing him one last opportunity to be "Prince" Joshua. Joshua would also like to thank his Nisei Week Family for making it a special day. For more information about The Nisei Week Japanese Festival and its events, please visit www.niseiweek.org
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Kinnikuman Nisei - Hustle Muscle - Mantaro Version
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- Duration: 3:59
- Published: 24 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 25 Oct 2011
- Author: Musashi980
Kinnikuman Nisei - Hustle Muscle - Mantaro Version
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Kinnikuman Nisei - Scarface's Theme - Bible Evil
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- Duration: 4:36
- Published: 30 Jan 2009
- Uploaded: 25 Sep 2011
- Author: Musashi980
Kinnikuman Nisei - Scarface's Theme - Bible Evil
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Grandmaster Soke Takayuki Kubota honored at the Nisei Week Parade 08/14/11
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- Duration: 2:09
- Published: 15 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 30 Aug 2011
- Author: shenshin53
HD version: 10th Dan and founder of Gosoku-Ryu Karate and International Karate Association pioneered the Nikkei Karate Games 47 years ago and still going strong!!
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Kinnikuman Nisei キン肉マンⅡ世 - AMV
Go to pigmun 11 channel to see the same video with a better quality This is the best amv for nisei i've seen The song is called "Eiyuu" and is performed by DOA (copy from musashi comment) I DIDN'T DO THE AMV^^
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photo: US Army / Teddy Wade
03 Nov 2011
George Joe Sakato of Denver, wearing his Medal of Honor, was among those given the Congressional Gold Medal. (Carolyn Kaster, The Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Thousands of Japanese-Americans...
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WASHINGTON — In the days following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Lawson Sakai learned how much the world had changed for Japanese-Americans in 1941. Sakai and some of his buddies drove to the...
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Nisei (二世, second generation) is a Japanese language term used in countries in North America, South America and Australia to specify the children born to Japanese people in the new country. The Nisei are considered the second generation; and the grandchildren of the Japanese-born immigrants are called Sansei. The Sansei are considered the third generation. (In Japanese counting, "one, two, three" is "ichi, ni, san" – see Japanese numerals).
Steve Aoki (1977- ), Japanese American electro house musician.
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Mikio Hasemoto (1916–1943), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Joe Hayashi (1920–1945), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Shizuya Hayashi (1917–2008), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
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Ben Kuroki (1917 - ), only Japanese American Army Air Force pilot to fly combat missions in the Pacific theater in World War II
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Spark Matsunaga (1916–1990), US Senator from Hawaii
Norman Mineta (1931 - ), former Congressman from California and Secretary of Transportation
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Demographic groups
Although the earliest organized group of Japanese emigrants settled in Mexico in 1897, the four largest populations of Japanese and descendants of Japanese immigrants live in Brazil, the United States, Canada and Peru.
Brazilian Nisei
Brazil is home to the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, numbering an estimate of more than 1.5 million (including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity), more than that of the 1.2 million in the United States. The Nisei Japanese Brazilians are an important part of the ethnic minority in that South American nation.
American Nisei
Some US Nisei were born during the Baby Boom after the end of World War II; but most Nisei who were living in the western United States during WWII were forcibly interned with their parents (Issei) and children (Sansei) after Executive Order 9066 was promulgated to exclude everyone of Japanese descent from large parts of the Western states. In some senses, the children of the Nisei seem to feel they are caught in a dilemma between their "quiet" Nisei parents and their other identity model of "verbal" Americans. The Nisei of Hawaii had a somewhat different experience.In the United States, two representative Nisei are Daniel Inouye and Fred Korematsu, but the individual life histories of all the Neisei are cumulatively creating a more complex tapestry than can be casually summarized. Hawaiian-born was one of many young Nisei men who volunteered to fight in the nation's military when restrictions against Japanese-American enlistment were removed in 1943. was one of many Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast who resisted internment during World War II.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, was awarded to Korematsu in 1998. In 1944, Korematsu lost a Supreme Court challenge to the wartime internment of Japanese Americans but gained vindication decades later. At the White House award ceremonies, President Clinton explained, "In the long history of our country's constant search for justice, some names of ordinary citizens stand for millions of souls. Plessy, Brown, Parks ... to that distinguished list, today we add the name of Fred Korematsu."
The overwhelming majority of Japanese Americans had reacted to the internment by acquiescing to the government's order, hoping to prove their loyalty as Americans. To them, Korematsu's opposition was treacherous to both his country and his community. Across the span of decades, he was seen as a traitor, a test case, an embarrassment and, finally, a hero.
Canadian Nisei
Within Japanese-Canadian communities across Canada, three distinct subgroups developed, each with different sociocultural referents, generational identity, and wartime experiences.
Peruvian Nisei
Among the approximately 80,000 Peruvians of Japanese descent, the Nisei Japanese Peruvians comprise the largest element. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was the Nisei son of Issei emigrants from Kumamoto, Japan.
Cultural profile
Generations
Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians have special names for each of their generations in North America. These are formed by combining one of the Japanese numbers corresponding to the generation with the Japanese word for generation (sei 世). The Japanese-American and Japanese-Canadian communities have themselves distinguished their members with terms like Issei, Nisei, and Sansei which describe the first, second and third generation of immigrants. The fourth generation is called Yonsei (四世) and the fifth is called Gosei (五世). The Issei, Nisei and Sansei generations reflect distinctly different attitudes to authority, gender, non-Japanese involvement, and religious belief and practice, and other matters. The age when individuals faced the wartime evacuation and internment is the single, most significant factor which explains these variations in their experiences, attitudes and behaviour patterns.The term Nikkei (日系) was coined by a multinational group of sociologists and encompasses all of the world's Japanese immigrants across generations. The collective memory of the Issei and older Nisei was an image of Meiji Japan from 1870 through 1911, which contrasted sharply with the Japan that newer immigrants had more recently left. These differing attitudes, social values and associations with Japan were often incompatible with each other. In this context, the significant differences in post-war experiences and opportunities did nothing to mitigate the gaps which separated generational perspectives.
{|class="wikitable " !Generation!! Summary |- |Issei (一世) || The generation of people born in Japan who later immigrated to another country. |- |Nisei (二世) ||The generation of people born in North America, Latin America, Australia, Hawaii, or any country outside of Japan either to at least one Issei or one non-immigrant Japanese parent. |- |Sansei (三世) ||The generation of people born in North America, Latin America, Australia, Hawaii, or any country outside of Japan to at least one Nisei parent. |- |Yonsei (四世) || The generation of people born in North America, Latin America, Australia, Hawaii, or any country outside of Japan to at least one Sansei parent. |- |Gosei (五世) || The generation of people born in North America, Latin America, Australia, Hawaii, or any country outside of Japan to at least one Yonsei parent. |}
In North America since the redress victory in 1988, a significant evolutionary change has occurred. The Nisei, their parents and their children are changing the way they look at themselves and their pattern of accommodation to the non-Japanese majority.
There are currently just over one hundred thousand British Japanese, mostly in London; but unlike other Nikkei communities elsewhere in the world, these Britons do not conventionally parse their communities in generational terms as Issei, Nisei, or Sansei.
Nisei
The second generation of immigrants, born in Canada or the United States to parents not born in the Canada or the United States, is called Nisei (二世). The Nisei have been subjected to significant residential dispersal. The Nisei have resisted being absorbed into the majority society, largely because of their tendency to maintain Japanese interpersonal style. A primary aspect of the Nisei's style is found in the expression of a subjective self -- and this quality of emotional control was passed to their Sansei children.Most Nisei were educated in Canadian or American school systems where they were taught Western values of individualism and citizenship. When these were taken away in the early 1940s, the Nisei confronted great difficulty in accepting or coming to terms with internment and forced resettlement. Older Nisei tended to identify more closely with the Issei, sharing similar economic and social characteristics. Older Nisei who had been employed in small businesses, in farming, in fishing or in semi-skilled occupations, tended to remain in blue-collar work. In contrast, the younger Nisei attended university and college and entered various professions and white-collar employment after the war. This sharp division in post-war experiences and opportunities exacerbated the gaps between these Nisei.
Aging
The kanreki (還暦), a traditional, pre-modern Japanese rite of passage to old age at 60, was sometimes celebrated by the Issei and is now being celebrated by increasing numbers of Nisei. Rituals are enactments of shared meanings, norms, and values; and this Japanese rite of passage highlights a collective response among the Nisei to the conventional dilemmas of growing older. Aging is affecting the demographics of the Nisei. According to a 2011 columnist in The Rafu Shimpoof Los Angeles, the obituaries showing the number of Japanese Americans in their 80s and 90s — Nisei, in a word — who are passing is staggering"
Languages
The Japanese-born Issei learned Japanese as their mother tongue, and their success in learning English as a second language was varied. Most Nisei speak Japanese to some extent, learned from Issei parents, Japanese school, and living in a Japanese community or in the internment camps. A majority of English-speaking Nisei have retained knowledge of the Japanese language, at least in its spoken form. Most Sansei speak English as their first language.
Education
An illustrative point-of-view, as revealed in the poetry of an Issei woman: :::By Meiji parents :::Emigrants to Canada :::The Nisei were raised to be :::Canadian citizens :::Of whom they could be proud. ::::-- Kinori Oka, Kisaragi Poem Study Group, 1975.
Intermarriage
History
Internment
When the Canadian and American governments interned West Coast Japanese in 1942, neither distinguished between those who were citizens (Nisei) and their non-citizen parents (Issei).
World War II Service
Redress
Japanese American redress
In 1978, the Japanese American Citizens League (Japanese American Citizens League|JACL) actively began demanding be taken as redress for harms endured by Japanese Americans during World War II.In 1980, Congress established the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) The commission report, Personal Justice Denied, condemned the internment as "unjust and motivated by racism rather than real military necessity".
In 1988, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which provided for a formal apology and payments of $20,000 for each survivor. The legislation stated that government actions were based on "race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership". The Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992, appropriating an additional $400 million in order to ensure that all remaining internees received their $20,000 redress payments, was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush, who also issued another formal apology from the U.S. government.
Japanese and Japanese Americans who were relocated during WWII were compensated for direct property losses in 1948. These payments were awarded to 82,210 Japanese Americans or their heirs at a cost of $1.6 billion; the program's final disbursement occurred in 1999.
Japanese Canadian redress
In 1983, the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) mounted a campaign demanding redress for injustices during the war years. NAJC hired Price Waterhouse to estimate the economic losses to Japanese Canadians resulting from property confiscations and loss of wages due to internment. On the basis of detailed records maintained by the Custodian of Alien Property, it was determined that the total loss totalled $443 million (in 1986 dollars).In 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney gave that long-awaited formal apology and the Canadian government began to make good on a compensation package—including $21,000 to all surviving internees, and the re-instatement of Canadian citizenship to those who were deported to Japan.
Life
Politics
Notable individuals
The number of nisei who have earned some degree of public recognition has continued to increase over time; but the quiet lives of those whose names are known only to family and friends are no less important in understanding the broader narrative of the nikkei. Although the names highlighted here are over-represented by issei from North America, the Latin American member countries of the Pan American Nikkei Association (PANA) include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, in addition to the English-speaking United States and Canada.John Fujio Aiso (1909–1987), an American military leader, lawyer, and judge
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Category:Japanese words and phrases Category:Japanese diaspora Category:Japanese-American history Category:Cultural generations Category:Ethnic groups in the United States
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