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Photo of Lawson Sakai from Flickr Creative Commons by Coreyc23 One of the best known members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the founder of Friends and Family of Nisei Veterans has died. Lawson Iichiro Sakai is dead at the age of 96, Rafu.com reports. A resident of Morgan...

96-year old Sus Ito served in the 442nd Regiment during World War II. Lucky for us, he was horrible at following orders. The Los Angeles Times reports Ito violated military regulations by taking a camera with him to the battlefront. "I wanted to take one because we weren't allowed to," said...

Marla Hirokawa, Hawaiian-born Sansei and the artistic director of Covenant Ballet Theater of Brooklyn and CBT Dance Academy, will present her ballet on the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat team of World War II at the New York Fringe Festival, reports Discover Nikkei.  Nisei originally debut in...

General Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veteran Affairs, today called the story of the Japanese Americans who served with distinction in World War II, "a uniquely American story," reported the Oregonian. "We all have a personal responsibility to share their stories and not let it pass with them," said Shinseki. ...

Steve Padilla was with his father at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans when he witnessed something that absolutely floored him. Padilla wrote about it in the LA Times. "You see him?" someone asked. "He was in the 442," apparently spotting the cap with the 442nd logo his...

Members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the 100th Battalion and the Military Intelligence Service are being recognized this weekend for their dedication and service to this country, reports KITV The segregated Japanese American military units were formed 70 years ago and played major roles in the Allied victory in...

  A  90-year-old Japanese American who's service with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team had been forgotten due to a mix up decades ago is finally being recognized, reports Clarksville Online. George Nishimura volunteered to serve with the highly decorated unit along with one of his brothers. He received a promotion and...

    Colonel Jimmie Kanaya is the face of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, one of three units of Japanese American veterans in World War II honored with a Congressional Gold Medal. The 92-year old will be on hand for this weekend's opening in New Orleans of the National 7 city tour...

    One thousand members of the public in Hawaii came to pay their last respects today to Senator Daniel Inouye. Among those joining them, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, reported Fox News. "Daniel was the best senator among us all," Reid told...

By Raymond Douglas Chong (This is part of our ongoing series, Lost Kinjo- a look at the more than 40 Japanese communities that disappeared after World War II. It is supported by funding from the California Public Library Civil Liberties Project and the Takahashi Family Foundation.) Introduction In the heart of the 'Breadbasket...

By David Hosley A photographer’s vision is peeling back the layers of four Japanese communities in Placer County, where an extraordinary community project presents Japanese American history tied to railroads, refrigeration and hate crimes. Rebecca Gregg has a unique perspective on the Japanese American impact on Placer County in California’s Sierra...

By David Hosley (This is part of a year-long AsAmNews series, Lost Kinjo (neighborhoods). We'll explore how 40 Japanese American neighborhoods disappeared in California after WWII) One of the Central Valley’s smallest Japanese communities in California owns its existence to a Japanese entrepreneur named Kyutaro Abiko who used his...

Smiles all around this week as U.S. Senators unveiled a portrait of the late Senator Daniel Inouye. Inouye was the first Japanese American elected to both the House and the Senate and represented the state of Hawaii for 49 years. He was the highest-ranking Asian American public official in U.S....

by Jake Chang, AsAmNews Intern It's hard for many Japanese Americans to talk about their incarceration during World War II. A new film called “No No Girl” is taking on the weight of that generational trauma. It spins a tale of survival, ancestry, and family dynamics while highlighting the repercussions...

By David Monakawa, Special to AsAmNews How could the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shootings be racially impacted when the shooters were Asian? Because the “devaluation” of Asians in society impacts everyone consciously or not, even Asians. Anti-Asian hate is a variant of white supremacy. Similarly, the 5 Black cops...

A man who broke racial barriers to go on to a successful career in the military is being considered for a Congressional Gold Medal. Northwest Asian Weekly reports the four Korean American members of Congress introduced a bipartisan bill to award the honor to Colonel Young Oak Kim. He volunteered...

Emmy-winning Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono will present his new immersive story about Japanese American heroes from World War II in a creative immersive show on October 1. It will be presented at the Aratani Theatre in LA after debuting at the Asian American Journalists Association...

By Alan Oda, AsAmNews Contributor   Declaring “we’re back!” Nisei Week returned to L.A.’s Little Tokyo, kicking off a week long celebration of the  Southern California Nikkei (Japanese American) community. Energized crowds lined up on First and Second Streets of Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to watch the return of...

By Janelle Kono, AsAmNews Contributor When I was younger, I occasionally heard references to a long-lost relative. His name, Masao, was uttered exclusively in the context of his death, which was during combat in World War II. As I gained interest in my Japanese American ancestry, I asked around about...

State Highway 35 in Oregon will likely be renamed in honor of Japanese Americans who both risked their lives and died protecting the United States in World War II. Oregon Live reports state lawmakers voted to rename the 41 miles stretch the Oregon Nisei Veterans World War II Memorial Highway. According...