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California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

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California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

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California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

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Abe remembers Japanese-Americans at L.A. monument, museum

LOS ANGELES, May 2 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie lay a wreath in front of the Go For Broke Monument with the names of more than 16,000 American soldiers of Japanese descent inscribed on it in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles on May 1, 2015.

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U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion veterans recall WWII

LOS ANGELES, United States - Masao Takahashi (L) and James Ogawa, who fought in World War II as members of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion comprised almost exclusively of Japanese Americans, share their memories in Torrance, California, on Dec. 1, 2014. Americans of Japanese ancestry had no other choice but to fight to prove their loyalty to the United States, said Takahashi.

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Japanese-Americans recall 'inter-camp' baseball league

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former detainees at Japanese-American internment camps in the United States during World War II who were involved in the 1944 baseball games among teams from the internment camps -- George Iseri, Tetsuo Furukawa, Kenso Zenimura and Ernie Inoue (from R) -- are reunited in 2014.

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Japanese-American films quake-hit region's people

WASHINGTON, United States - Dianne Fukami, a third-generation Japanese-American, speaks in an interview in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2014. She said her documentary film "Stories from Tohoku" depicting the resilience of people in the northeastern Japan region, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, evokes the image of camps in which her parents and other Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II.

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Japanese Americans tell teens of wartime internment

WASHINGTON, United States - Mary Murakami (C), 87, and Terry Shima (L), 91, two elderly Japanese Americans, meet Japanese teenagers in Washington on July 31, 2014, to tell them about the internment and discrimination U.S. citizens of Japanese descent suffered during and after World War II.

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Lawsuit seeks removal of comfort women statue

LOS ANGELES, United States - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the unveiling ceremony for a bronze statue of a girl, a memorial for women forced into sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese military, at Glendale Central Park near Los Angeles. Two Japanese-Americans and a non-profit educational group filed a lawsuit on Feb. 20, 2014, against the Southern California city of Glendale and the city's manager for erecting the memorial in the public park.

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Civil Liberties Act

WASHINGTON, United States - Visitors view the original text of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act on display at the National Archives in Washington in July 2013. The display marked the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the U.S. act to compensate Japanese-Americans interned during World War II.

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Japanese American honored for efforts on bilateral ties

WASHINGTON, United States - Floyd Mori, a retired Japanese American politician, speaks on March 14, 2013 during a ceremony at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Washington after being decorated by Japan for his decades-long contributions to deepening the Japan-U.S. relations. The Japanese government last autumn gave Mori the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, in recognition of his contributions to improving the status of Japanese Americans and promoting Japanese culture in the United States, as well as strengthening economic relations between the two countries.

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L.A. County repeals 1942 support for Japanese American internment

LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor George Takei testifies at a Los Angeles County board of supervisors meeting on June 6, 2012, before the board voted to revoke its WWII support for the internment of Japanese Americans. Claiming that it was difficult "if not impossible to distinguish between loyal and disloyal Japanese aliens," in 1942 the board recommended that the U.S. federal government remove the county's 37,000 Japanese Americans, including Takei and his family, to internment camps.

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Japanese American posthumously honored

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows Susan Carnahan, the widow of Jay Hirabayashi who defied the internment order for Japanese Americans during World War II, at the White House on May 29, 2012, when an award presentation ceremony was held for Hirabayashi, who died in January at age 93. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the courage of Hirabayashi as he posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian award.

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Japanese American posthumously honored

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) takes the hand of Susan Carnahan, the widow of Jay Hirabayashi who defied the internment order for Japanese Americans during World War II, at the White House on May 29, 2012, when an award presentation ceremony was held for Hirabayashi, who died in January at age 93. Obama hailed the courage of Hirabayashi as he posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian award.

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Japanese American posthumously honored

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows Jay Hirabayashi, the 65-year-old son of the late Gordon Hirabayashi who defied the internment order for Japanese Americans during World War II, at the White House on May 29, 2012, when an award presentation ceremony was held for Hirabayashi, who died in January at age 93. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the courage of Hirabayashi as he posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian award.

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Japanese-Americans WWII internment

LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor George Takei (L) and Norman Mineta, former U.S. transportation secretary, are pictured in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2012, after announcing the launch of the Remembrance Project, a website to allow the sharing of stories about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

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Remembering civil rights activist

SEATTLE, United States - Jay Hirabayashi (2nd from R), son of civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi, Judge Mary Schroeder (2nd from L) and other people associated with the late Hirabayashi, who fought the United States' internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, attend an event to commemorate his activities on Feb. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Gordon Hirabayashi, who was jailed for violating the curfew and internment orders, appealed his conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. Decades later in 1987, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion authored by Schroeder, overturned his conviction after he reopened his case in 1983.

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Heart Mountain wartime internment museum

HEART MOUNTAIN, United States - Norman Mineta (far L), a former U.S. secretary of transportation, looks on as his fellow former internees cut a barbed wire ''ribbon'' during an opening ceremony for the Interpretive Learning Center in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, on Aug. 20, 2011. The facility tells the history of more than 14,000 Japanese-Americans who were forced to live at the camp during World War II.

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Collecting donations in ballpark

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Members of a nonprofit group of Japanese Americans collect donations for people afflicted by the March 11, 2011, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan in AT&T Park in San Francisco on March 28.

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Emperor, Empress arrive in Hawaii from Canada

HONOLULU, United States - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) shake hands with Japanese-Americans at Kapiolani Park in Honolulu on July 14. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese-American WWII internees receive high school diplomas

LOS ANGELES, United States - A group of Japanese-Americans the U.S. government detained during World War II receive high school diplomas on Aug. 21 in a graduation ceremony at Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

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Visitors center opens at former U.S. camp for Japanese Americans

MANZANAR, United States - An opening ceremony was held April 24 for a visitors' center built at the former Manzanar War Relocation Center in central California to mark the history of internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. More than 1,000 people including Japanese Americans who had been forced to live in the internment camp, attended the ceremony for the opening of the Manzanar National Historic Site Interpretive Center.

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War memorial dedicated to honor Japanese-Americans

WASHINGTON, United States - A memorial built near the U.S. Capitol in honor of the sacrifices made by Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II is dedicated in a ceremony in Washington D.C. on Nov. 9. The memorial features a granite wall inscribed with a brief history of Japanese immigrants, cherry trees and a sculpture of two bronze Japanese cranes entwined in barbed wire that are trying to break free.

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Ground broken at memorial honoring Japanese-Americans

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese-Americans from all over the United States gather in Washington on Oct. 22 at a ceremony to break ground on a new memorial in honor of the loyalty and sacrifice made by Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

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Japanese American National Museum opens new pavilion

The Japanese American National Museum opens a new pavilion (shown) in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles on Jan. 22. The pavilion contains some 60,000 items on the history of Japanese-Americans, including the barracks of a World War II internment camp from Wyoming.

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List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2022, shows a memorial monument at the former site of the Manzanar internment camp in Manzanar, California. A roster listing over 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II after being considered "enemy aliens" in the United States has been completed 80 years after the signing of an Executive Order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942, two months after Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, which authorized the U.S. military to evict residents in specific areas.

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List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

People on Sept. 24, 2022, look at a roster listing over 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II after being considered "enemy aliens" in the United States. The list was completed 80 years after the signing of an Executive Order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942, two months after Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, which authorized the U.S. military to evict residents in specific areas.

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List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

People attend a ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 2022, to mark the completion of a roster listing over 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II after being considered "enemy aliens" in the United States. The year 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of an Executive Order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942, two months after Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, which authorized the U.S. military to evict residents in specific areas.

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Museum focused on wartime relocation of Japanese Americans

The Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, which provides an overview of the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans, is pictured in Powell, Wyoming, on Aug. 29, 2021. The museum is located at the site of a former World War II Japanese American relocation camp.

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Museum focused on wartime relocation of Japanese Americans

The Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, which provides an overview of the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans, is pictured in Powell, Wyoming, on Aug. 29, 2021. The museum is located at the site of a former World War II Japanese American relocation camp.

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Japanese American National Museum opens new pavilion

The Japanese American National Museum opens a new pavilion (shown) in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles on Jan. 22. The pavilion contains some 60,000 items on the history of Japanese-Americans, including the barracks of a World War II internment camp from Wyoming. ==Kyodo

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Memorial held at former Japanese-American internment camp

People pose for a photo in front of a cenotaph at Manzanar National Historic Site in Manzanar, California, on April 30, 2016, which commemorates the deaths of Japanese-Americans incarcerated there during World War II. Around 1,200 people, including relatives of the deceased, participated in a memorial ceremony at the site of the camp, one of several internment camps at which around 120,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated beginning in 1942. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial held at former Japanese-American internment camp

People take part in a memorial ceremony in front of a cenotaph at Manzanar National Historic Site in Manzanar, California, on April 30, 2016, which commemorates the deaths of Japanese-Americans incarcerated there during World War II. Around 1,200 people, including relatives of the deceased, participated in a memorial ceremony at the site of the camp, one of several internment camps at which around 120,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated beginning in 1942. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-American hopes 2 nations to stay on good terms in future

Photo taken in Los Angeles, California, on July 3, 2015, shows Bill Shishima, 84, a second-generation Japanese-American who was detained at a concentration camp for Japanese-Americans in Wyoming toward the end of World War II. He hopes Japan and the United States will remain on good terms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese PM Abe visits Go For Broke Monument

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) chats with a Japanese American World War II veteran at the Go For Broke Monument in downtown Los Angeles on May 1, 2015, with Abe's wife Akie listening between them. The monument commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese PM Abe visits Go For Broke Monument

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (4th from L in front) and his wife Akie pose for a group photo with Japanese American World War II veterans at the Go For Broke Monument in downtown Los Angeles on May 1, 2015. The monument commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe remembers Japanese-Americans at L.A. monument, museum

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie lay a wreath in front of the Go For Broke Monument with the names of more than 16,000 American soldiers of Japanese descent inscribed on it in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles on May 1, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe remembers Japanese-Americans at L.A. monument, museum

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) makes a speech at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on May 1, 2015. A reception was held at the museum prior to an annual gathering the next day of more than 1,000 Japanese-Americans from across the country. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Musical on WWII internment of Japanese-Americans to open on Broadway

Actor George Takei (3rd from L, 2nd row) and others on the cast of Broadway musical "Allegiance" appear on stage at the Longacre Theater in New York on Sept. 29, 2015. A preview for the musical, inspired by Take's own childhood experience in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, began on Oct. 6 ahead of its official opening on Nov. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actor of Japanese descent among cast of U.S. musical on WWII internment

Actor George Takei (L) and actress Lea Salonga promote their Broadway musical "Allegiance" in New York on Sept. 29, 2015. A preview for the musical, inspired by Takei's own childhood experience in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, began at the Longacre Theater on Oct. 6 ahead of its official opening on Nov. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hawaii Gov. Ige attends ceremony for new U.S. Pacific Command chief

Hawaii Gov. David Ige (far R) and other Japanese-Americans attend a ceremony in Honolulu on May 27, 2015, for Adm. Harry Harris to assume the leadership of the U.S. Pacific Command at Pearl Harbor. Harris is the U.S. Navy's highest-ranking Japanese-American ever. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko visit Big Island

KONA, United States - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are greeted by Japanese-Americans as they arrive at Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii from Honolulu on July 16 before returning to Japan. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Emperor, Empress arrive in Hawaii from Canada

HONOLULU, United States - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) shake hands with Japanese-Americans at Kapiolani Park in Honolulu on July 14. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese-Americans hope imperial visit reawakens Japanese identit

HONOLULU, United States - Former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi, 83, speaks about a visit by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at his office in Honolulu on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Americans hope imperial visit reawakens Japanese identit

HONOLULU, United States - Dennis Ogawa, 65-year-old professor at the University of Hawaii, speaks at his office in Honolulu on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Americans hope imperial visit reawakens Japanese identit

HONOLULU, United States - Lois Yasui, 67-year-old president of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii, speaks at the Buddhist temple of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in Honolulu on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Family member prays before monument for Japanese-Americans war d

LOS ANGELES, the United States - A bereaved family member prayed silently before a monument dedicated to Japanese-Americans who died while fighting for the United States in World War II. The monument was unveiled at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 19.

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Heart Mountain wartime internment museum

HEART MOUNTAIN, United States - Former Japanese-American internees at a wartime concentration camp wait to enter the newly built Interpretive Learning Center in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, on Aug. 20, 2011. The facility tells the history of more than 14,000 Japanese-Americans who were forced to live at the camp during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Heart Mountain wartime internment museum

HEART MOUNTAIN, United States - Norman Mineta (far L), a former U.S. secretary of transportation, looks on as his fellow former internees cut a barbed wire ''ribbon'' during an opening ceremony for the Interpretive Learning Center in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, on Aug. 20, 2011. The facility tells the history of more than 14,000 Japanese-Americans who were forced to live at the camp during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Collecting donations in ballpark

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Members of a nonprofit group of Japanese Americans collect donations for people afflicted by the March 11, 2011, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan in AT&T Park in San Francisco on March 28. (Kyodo)