TDART hosts “Asian American Discrimination: Then & Now” for Japanese American Day of Remembrance

“On February 18, 2023, the Tucson Desert Art Museum will host a special roundtable event entitled “Asian-American Discrimination: Then and Now” to commemorate the annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese American Incarceration during World War II on February 19. The event will be held from 11 am to 1 pm and attendees are encouraged to … Read more

New book “The Japanese American Experience: Change & Continuity” published by retired UA Professor Min Yanagihashi

My friend & fellow Council member on our Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition, retired UA Professor Min Yanagihashi has just published a new book entitled “The Japanese American Experience: Change & Continuity” by Liberty Hill Publishing.  Min is a Nisei (2nd generation) from Honolulu, Hawaii and taught at the University of Arizona in their East … Read more

My father’s “Personal Justice Reconciled” 80 years later

Can a wrong ever be righted? Recently a university wrong against my innocent Nisei (2nd generation) Japanese American/ US citizen father which occurred 80 years ago in 1942, was righted on April 1, 2022  by USC, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.  They awarded him a posthumous honorary bachelor’s degree (he passed away … Read more

Day of Remembrance for WWII Japanese American internment held at UA on Feb. 19, 2021

Last week Friday Feb. 19 the University of Arizona Asian Pacific American Students Affairs & Global Experiential Learning hosted a panel discussion on E.O. 9066 signed by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which caused the massive relocation & internment of innocent Japanese Americans on US soil during WWII.  Participating in this panel was UA … Read more

Dark time in American history: Gila River Internment Camp exhibit

On Fred Korematsu Day (January 30, 2020), my husband and I visited the Chandler Museum in Chandler, AZ (300 S. Chandler Village Dr.) and viewed the solemn exhibit “Gaman: Enduring Japanese American internment at Gila River“: https://www.chandleraz.gov/explore/arts-and-culture/chandler-museum/exhibits This camp was one of two WWII internment camps in Arizona, caused by E.O. 9066 signed on Feb. … Read more