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The Japanese American Confinement Sites program was set up in 2006 — providing $38 million to preserve these historic sites and their history. More funding was needed, so federal lawmakers approved another $80 million. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.
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During the 1980s and 1990s, the team from the JACL Honolulu — all in their 20s and 30s and mostly volunteers — worked to get redress for 3,000 to 4,000 Japanese in Hawaiʻi who were unlawfully evacuated and incarcerated. HPR’s Jayna Omaye spoke with them about their reunion and their experiences as young leaders.
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Staff from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi plan to travel to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. to scan and photograph paper documents from Honoʻuliʻuli Internment Camp. It's being funded by a $70,000 grant from the National Park Service. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more.
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This week we’ve been marking the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack with a series of recollections from people who lived through it. The days…
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75 years ago today, Hawai‘i was still reeling from Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Life had already changed for local residents and it was going…
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This week we’ve been marking the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in part by hearing the voices of many who lived through that day…
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One of the last and most notable executions to take place in Hawai‘i occurred 87 years ago tomorrow. The case attracted national attention and divided…
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A Shinto shrine has provided downtown Honolulu with small slice of tranquility for more than a century. The Izumo Taishakyo Mission is celebrating its 110…