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Nisei Notables Who Would Have Turned 100 in 2026
In what has become an annual tradition, Densho Content Director Brian Niiya starts the new year by looking at the lives of notable Nisei who would have turned 100 in…
Legal Legacy & Personal Lives: The Yasui Family Papers
In this Intern Spotlight post, Densho Archives Team intern Kathryn Perry Bolin explores upcoming additions to the Yasui Family Collection, a rich collection illuminating both a landmark legal case and…
Celebrating 25 Years of Minidoka National Historic Site: A Testament to Resilience and Remembrance
In this special guest post, Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong (Executive Director of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon) reflects on and celebrates the 25th anniversary of Minidoka National Historic Site joining the…
30 Years with Densho: Three Decades of Preservation, Education, and Storytelling
As Densho marks its 30th anniversary, Executive Director Naomi Ostwald Kawamura reflects on the organization’s past, present, and future, honoring the community that built Densho and addressing the urgent work…
Celebrating Naoko Tanabe’s Contributions to Densho
After nearly two decades of dedicated service, Densho’s Japanese Researcher and Translator Naoko Tanabe is retiring at the end of this year. Since joining Densho in 2006, Naoko has worked…
Remembering Mitsuye Endo and the Supreme Court Case That Helped End Incarceration
In honor of the anniversary of the landmark decision Ex Parte Endo, legal scholar and Professor Emerita Lorraine Bannai explores the case and woman who helped bring an end to…
Legacies of Incarceration in Hawai‘i: Exploring Kelli Nakamura’s New Book
Historian Kelli Y. Nakamura’s new book, Legacies of Incarceration: The World War II Experiences of Hawai‘i’s Japanese (University of Hawai‘i Press), explores the incarceration of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i across…
Reflections on Recent Camp Pilgrimages in North Dakota and Arizona
Densho Content Director Brian Niiya reflects on the ways camp pilgrimages have changed over the past few decades, evolving from redress-era gatherings into expansive, intergenerational events that connect Japanese American…
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30 Years with Densho: Three Decades of Preservation, Education, and Storytelling
As Densho marks its 30th anniversary, Executive Director Naomi Ostwald Kawamura reflects on the organization’s past, present, and future, honoring the community that built Densho and addressing the urgent work…
Introducing the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films
Last month Densho, in partnership with Internet Archive, launched the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films—an unprecedented online collection of more than 100 films, spanning 80 years of footage,…
Naomi Ostwald Kawamura: Building Community and Connection that Transcends Borders
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…