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Not Yo’ Butterfly – Nobuko Miyamoto

91.3 KBCS · Not Yo’ Butterfly – Nobuko Myiamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto is an activist, music and dance artist, who found her political and artistic voice in the Asian American movement. As a child, she and her parents were incarcerated in the internment camps. Later, she performed on Broadway and has since produced many creative works. Over the past few decades, Miyamoto has been facilitating workshops to encourage her community to tell their personal stories. Listen to Miyamoto’s reflection of the past year and the importance of expressing your story. (more…)

Harassment of Japanese Americans After the Pearl Harbor Bombing

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20180205 Increasing Harrassment Of The JA American Comunity After Pearl Harbor

After the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese American communities in the United States faced growing animosity from their neighbors. Dr. Roy Ebihara was eight years old at the time. Dr. Ebihara recounts how terrifying it was living in New Mexico within the months after the US entered WWII. Tom Ikeda of the Seattle-based, Densho Project interviewed him.

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Henry Miyatake’s Suitcase

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201230 Henry Miyatakes Suitcase Final

In 1941, Henry Miyatake befriended a Jewish boy who had fled Poland with his family. They went to the same middle school during WWII. This is a story about their relationship, before Miyatake and his family were incarcerated by the US government. Tom Ikeda, Densho Project Co-Founder interviewed Miyatake and recounts the story.

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The Local Japanese American Community after Pearl Harbor

91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201208 Japanese Bombing Of Pearl Harbor And US Declares War

On December 7th, 1941, Japan’s military attacked Pearl Harbor. On December 8th, the following day, the United States declared war on Japan.

This series of events forever changed the lives of the Japanese American community along the west coast of this country. This set of excerpts from the Densho Project oral histories, highlight what some of the younger local Japanese Americans experienced at that time.

Special thanks to the Densho Project for the audio.

Producers: Jim Cantu, Devin Williams and Yuko Kodama

Image: from the Densho Project