Happy Birthday to baseball player and Amache descendant, #TravisIshikawa! From his time with the #Giants, #Brewers, #Pirates, and #WhiteSox, Travis showed what heart and perseverance look like in professional baseball. #japaneseamerican #amache #granada

#OTD in 1942, the #Rohwer incarceration camp opened. Located in the #ArkansasDelta, Rohwer would ultimately hold over 8,500 #JapaneseAmericans.

#OTD in 1948, #ClydeKusatsu was born. This Hawaiian-born actor has spent over 50 years building one of the most impressive careers in #Hollywood, appearing in hundreds of productions and becoming a cornerstone of #AsianAmerican representation on screen. #japaneseamerican

#OTD in 1942, the #Topaz War Relocation Center opened outside #Delta, #Utah. This remote facility became a temporary prison for over 11,000 #JapaneseAmericans who were forced from their homes in the #SanFrancisco #BayArea.

Tadaima is back! Join us November 1-9 for our next virtual pilgrimage. The theme for this year is - 2042: One Hundred Years From EO 9066. What will the Nikkei community look like? Who will tell our stories? What stories will be told? #japaneseamerican #gosei #rokusei #nanasei #shinnikkei

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On October 3, WWII Draft Resister and Korean War Veteran, Takashi Hoshizaki will turn 100! Please Help us wish him a Happy Birthday by sending cards or notes to us at JAMP and we will make sure Takashi receives them in time for his birthday! Deadline to mail us is September 26!

Calling all artists: JAMP is putting together a 2026 calendar with the theme, "What the 250th anniversary of the United States means to me." If you are interested in donating your artwork for the calendar, please email us at [email protected]! #japaneseamerican #jamp

Happy Birthday to illustrator, #TomInaba. During WWII, Tom put his artistic skills to work at #TuleLake, where he worked for the camp newspaper. Later, he worked as an artist for the U.S. army newspaper, #StarsandStripes. #japaneseamerican

Happy Birthday to #DantheAutomator - the mastermind behind some of the most innovative hip-hop production of the past 25+ years! #DanNakamura has consistently pushed the boundaries of what hip-hop can sound like. #japaneseamerican #yonsei

#OTD in 1942, the #Granada (Amache) camp opened in southeastern #Colorado. Though it had the smallest population of the 10 WRA camps with just over 7,300 people, it would become the 10th largest city in the state. #japaneseamerican #amache #wwii

🎂✨ Happy Birthday Suzee Ikeda! 🎵 Celebrating a true trailblazer - the first #AsianAmerican solo artist at #Motown and #MichaelJackson's "creative confidant." From performer to executive, she broke barriers and shaped music history. #japaneseamerican

Remembering #DaveTatsuno on his birthday. Dave secretly filmed life at #Topaz, creating the only full-color home movie documentation of Japanese American incarceration. His film "Topaz" was inducted into the #NationalFilmRegistry of the #LibraryofCongress in 1997.

Today we remember Private First Class #SadaoMunemori (August 17, 1922 – April 5, 1945), who made the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow soldiers and became the first #JapaneseAmerican to receive the #MedalofHonor during WWII. #GoForBroke #442ndRCT

#OTD in 1942, the #HeartMountain WRA camp opened in northwestern #Wyoming. Over 10,000 people from #LosAngeles, #SanFranciscoBay Area, #Oregon and #Yakima, Washington were held here. #japaneseamerican #wwii

🎨 Happy Birthday to Rokuro "Bob" Kuwahara! Born Aug 12, 1901 🎂 This #JapaneseAmerican animation pioneer worked on Disney's #SnowWhite, created the beloved #Hashimoto-san series, and broke barriers despite facing WWII internment. #issei #heartmountain

#OTD in 1988, President #RonaldReagan signed the #CivilLibertiesActof1988 into law, formally apologizing to #JapaneseAmericans for their wrongful incarceration during #WWII. A reminder that acknowledging past wrongs and working toward justice is never too late.

#OTD in 1942, the #Minidoka WRA camp opened. Located on 33,000 acres of sagebrush desert in #Idaho, Minidoka held almost 10,000 people. The majority of the inmates came from #Washington, #Oregon, and #Alaska. #japaneseamerican #wwii

Today is the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on #Nagasaki. #Bockscar #FatMan #Nagasaki80 #hibakusha #neverforget #NihonHidankyo #peace

Just added! Thanks to our newest board member, Amanda Roper, we are now starting Shin-Nikkei Meet Ups! Our first one will be on August 14th. #shinnikkei #japaneseamerican Link to register: ow.ly/lPUh50WBLEg

Today is the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on #Hiroshima. #EnolaGay #LittleBoy #Hiroshima80 #hibakusha #neverforget #NihonHidankyo #peace

Honoring #AikoHerzig-Yoshinaga on her birthday. Her research exposed the truth about #JapaneseAmerican incarceration and secured justice for thousands. "I'm just a little old housewife... but I guess I showed that one person can make a difference." #jerome #rohwer #manzanar

#OTD in 1942, #JapaneseAmericans at the #SantaAnitaAssemblyCenter rioted after guards were ordered to search their barracks for stolen mess hall items and contraband. Rumors spread that the police were taking valuables as well. A suspected police informant was severely beaten.

#OTD in 1980, #Carter signed the #CWRIC Act, leading to truth: #JapaneseAmerican incarceration was driven by "race prejudice, war hysteria, and failed leadership" — not military necessity. May this precedent pave the way for justice for all harmed communities. #Reparations

#OTD in 1942, #ToshiroKobata and #HirotaIsomura, two #Issei men with health issues, were shot & killed by a guard at #Lordsburg Internment Camp, NM. The guard was acquitted despite evidence they weren't trying to escape. #NewMexico #CLOE #JapaneseAmerican

#OTD in 1943, #TuleLake became a #segregationcenter. Tule Lake was chosen for this harsh designation because it already held the highest number of people who answered "no" to the #loyaltyquestionnaire. #japaneseamerican

Happy 86th Birthday to the legendary cinematographer #TakFujimoto! From enduring incarceration at #Poston during WWII to creating some of cinema's most iconic visuals—his journey is one of resilience and artistic triumph. #japaneseamerican #cinematography #silenceofthelambs

Happy Birthday to #KristiYamaguchi! From Olympic gold medalist to inspiring author and advocate, you've shown us what grace, determination, and giving back truly look like. Thank you for paving the way and continuing to make a difference! #japaneseamerican #amache #poston

#OTD in 1942, #MitsuyeEndo filed a #habeascorpus petition while imprisoned at #TuleLake. This quiet civil servant from #Sacramento agreed to be the test case that challenged the U.S. government's authority to detain loyal citizens without trial. #CivilRights #JapaneseAmerican

#OTD #japaneseamerican #mayer #arizona #assemblycenter

EXTENDED! There are a few seats left! Register today! #japaneseamerican #americanhistory www.jampilgrimages.org/changing-per...

Register at: tinyurl.com/okagesamade #japaneseamerican #stocktonassemblycenter #okagesama

#OTD in 1942, the community of #JapaneseAmericans living on #BainbridgeIsland, #Washington were forcibly removed and sent to #Manzanar in #California. Eventually they would be sent to #Minidoka, Idaho where most of the residents of the #PacificNorthwest were sent.

#OTD in 1942, the #SantaFeInternmentCamp opened. Run by the #DOJ, it originally held mostly #Issei men who had been picked up by the #FBI after #PearlHarbor. Eventually the camp would also hold Japanese American citizens who had renounced their citizenship or who were considered "troublemakers."

#OTD in 1942, less than a week after #PresidentRoosevelt signed #EO9066, the #Japanese and #JapaneseAmerican residents of #TerminalIsland off the coast of Los Angeles, were given 48 hours to vacate the island.

#OTD in 1923, #SCOTUS ruled in United States v. Thind, denying US citizenship to an Indian Sikh man who served in the US Army during WWI. The Court decided Thind wasn't 'white' in the way the framers of naturalization law intended. #ImmigrationHistory #AsianAmericanHistory

#OTD in 1976, President Ford signed Presidential Proclamation 4417 which terminated Executive Order 9066 thirty-four years after it had been signed by President Roosevelt. #japaneseamerican #ford #eo9066

#OTD in 1942, #FDR signed #EO9066 which eventually led to the incarceration or internment of over 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry as well as 11,000 of German ancestry and 418 of Italian ancestry. #japaneseamerican #dayofremembrance #executiveorder

#HappyValentinesDay #jerome #japaneseamerican #kanjisahara

#OTD in 1944, the #HeartMountainFairPlayCommittee held it's first public meeting. #japaneseamerican #draftresistance #heartmountain #nisei #leavenworth #McNeilIsland #wwii #emi #nakadate #hoshizaki #okamoto #civilrights

Happy birthday to David Ono! We are so grateful to David for joining us in Little Rock, Arkansas last year to share Defining Courage with us. Wishing David continued broadcasting and filmmaking success. #DavidOno #DefiningCourage #nikkei #japaneseamerican #littlerock

Honoring Janice Mirikitani on her birthday. Her poetry transforms pain into power by giving voice to truths that are silenced by shame. We celebrate her commitment to social justice and her legacy of resilience and activism. #JaniceMirikitani #WomenInPoetry #japaneseamerican #sansei #glide #nikkei

On this day in 1943, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was activated - an all-Japanese American unit that would become the most decorated unit of its size in U.S. military history. #nisei #wwii #japaneseamerican #goforbroke

Happy #LunarNewYear! #yearofthesnake

Happy Birthday to Tamlyn Tomita! As a descendant of #Manzanar and #Heart Mountain, she has not only been a trailblazer for JA representation in Hollywood, but she is also an active supporter of the JA community. #JapaneseAmerican #NiseiWeekQueen #asiansdontraisin

Happy birthday to Ruth Aiko Asawa! After being incarcerated with her family at Rohwer, she found hope in art, studying drawing with detained Disney animators. She went on to become a pioneering sculptor, turning industrial wire into ethereal floating forms that defied gravity and convention.

#otd in 1942, 32 #JapaneseAmerican residents of #Clovis, New Mexico were forcibly removed from their homes, despite living hundreds of miles outside the West Coast military exclusion zones. They would eventually be moved to an old CCC camp that became known as #OldRatonRanch.

Happening today at 4p PST / 7p EST! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #yonsei #japaneseamerican #JAsky

This #givingtuesday please consider donating to JAMP to support our mission of reconnecting and uplifting the Japanese American community! #nomoreshikataganai #japaneseamerican #communitysupport #nikkei #日系 #日系人 #日系アメリカ人