In this guest post, Frank Abe introduces a selection from the new anthology, The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration, which he co-edited with Floyd Cheung. The book was published this... The post The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration: Unlocking the Voices of Issei and Kibei Nisei Writers appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

Amache was the smallest of the ten concentration camps the US Government constructed to detain Japanese Americans during WWII. Yet with a peak population of more than 7,000, the prison... The post Photo Essay: Amache Through the Lens of George Ochikubo appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

Kathryn Perry Walters is a graduate student at the University of Washington pursuing a Master’s in Information and Library Science (MLIS), and recently completed an internship with Densho’s archives team.... The post Intern Spotlight: Kathryn Perry Walters on How Archives Can Be a Platform for Social Justice Work appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

In early March, I had the opportunity to be part of the 2024 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD), a program jointly supported by the US-Japan Council and Japan’s Ministry of... The post Naomi Ostwald Kawamura: Building Community and Connection that Transcends Borders appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

Densho Project Archivist Will Allen has been helping to create Densho’s Legacy Archive, an archive of Densho’s organizational records since its founding in 1996. Will shares some highlights from this... The post The Densho Legacy Archive Offers a Glimpse into Hard Work and Passion That Built Densho appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

In late 1943, three Japanese American sisters helped two German prisoners of war escape from a southern Colorado POW camp. The men were soon caught and sensationalized stories of “Japanazi... The post “Little Benedict Arnolds in Skirts”: The Shitara Sisters’ Scandalous WWII Treason Trial appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

Tule Lake is under threat AGAIN. Despite more than a decade of strong opposition from camp survivors and descendants, the Federal Aviation Administration and Modoc County are renewing their attempts... The post Take Action to Stop the Fence at Tule Lake! appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

In Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City historian Megan Asaka examines the erased histories of the communities who built Seattle. In this... The post Seattle’s Japantown Was Once Part of a Bustling Red Light District — Until Its “Troublesome” Residents Were Pushed Out appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

Lorraine Bannai was part of the legal team that in 1983 successfully overturned Fred Korematsu’s conviction for his wartime civil disobedience. Along with similar wins for fellow resisters Gordon Hirabayashi... The post The Women Who Led the Fight to Overturn the WWII Supreme Court Japanese American Incarceration Cases appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more

Growing up I was always fascinated by the blue trunk in our sunroom. When opened, it reeked of mothballs but contained all the treasures my grandmother saved over the course... The post Tying a Family Together: My Grandmother’s Wedding Obi appeared first on Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment ..read more