Rep. Pramila Jayapal has introduced a “No Round Up Act”—to repeal the long-dormant immigration law that once enabled the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Traveling art installation honors Bellevue’s Japanese farmers
Bellevue Library last Wednesday welcomed the public to a new, traveling art installation meant to honor Bellevue’s Japanese farmers who were seized from their homes and incarcerated during WWII.
Tsuru for Solidarity rally draws crowd of hundreds to CID after Pike Place Market cancels Day of Remembrance event
A crowd of more than 400 marched from Hing Hay Park to Chiyo’s Garden on Nihonmachi Alley to commemorate the Day of Remembrance, and protest the White House’s draconian anti-immigrant policies.
Washington State Legislature holds Day of Remembrance ceremonies
Hosted by Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D-Tukwila) and Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (D-Seattle), the Washington State Legislature on Wednesday observed the Day of Remembrance.
Local JACL chapter holds Day of Remembrance at Fairgrounds
Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) held its 47th annual Day of Remembrance at the Washington State Fairgrounds on Feb. 8.
Tsuru for Solidarity and La Resistencia to hold protest in honor of Day of Remembrance
To mark this year’s annual Day of Remembrance, grassroots advocacy organizations Tsuru for Solidarity and La Resistencia will hold a protest on Feb. 23 outside the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
Chinese American WWII veteran Yuen Hop recovered and laid to rest
Following 80 years missing in action, Chinese American veteran Yuen Hop has been accounted for and was laid to rest with full military honors at California’s Golden Gate National Cemetery on Feb. 7.
Annual Day of Remembrance for incarcerated Japanese and Japanese Americans to be held on Feb. 8
The Puyallup Valley chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) will hold its 47th annual Day of Remembrance at the Washington State Fairgrounds on Feb. 8.
WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict.
Recognizing and honoring Filipino WWII heroes
December 7, 1941, is etched as a day of infamy, commemorated every year as a national memorial for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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