He kept a painted diary during Japanese internment A newly exhibited, hand-painted diary from an internment camp is shedding light on wartime experiences here in the Pacific Northwest. Casey Martin
75 years ago, Auburn lost almost a third of its population Auburn, Washington, used to be an agricultural community surrounded by farmland. Many of those farms were owned by Japanese-Americans. But the... Joshua McNichols Play AudioListen 2 mins
Can this samurai code help you survive the business world? Author Lori Tsugawa Whaley grew up in a rural, mostly white community disconnected from her Japanese heritage. She didn’t even realize there was... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 50 mins
Growing up Japanese-American in a time of Islamophobia Recently, my mother sent a picture of our traditional Hinamatsuri dolls. In the past, my sister and I helped her unpack each doll – about 16 in total –... Sophia Stephens Play AudioListen 4 mins
Rare, haunting photos from the Japanese internment It’s not often that we look back on ugly times in our nation’s history. We’re not very good at that as Americans. But the Japanese internment has been... Isolde Raftery
Remembering those who resisted Japanese internment Bill Radke speaks with author Frank Abe about his 2000 documentary "Conscience and the Constitution," which looks at Japanese who resisted their... Shane Mehling Play AudioListen 11 mins
Reflections on Japanese internment, 75 years later Bill Radke talks with writer and Humanities Washington speaker Mayumi Tsutakawa about the 75th anniversary of the World War II order that led to... Shane Mehling Play AudioListen 11 mins
Pearl Harbor changed her life. Now she wants us to learn from it Fujiko Tamura Gardner was 9 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She remembers hearing about it on the radio at her parents’ farm in Fife,... Kate OConnell
Beauty in the darkest days at a Japanese internment camp At 88, Shiyoji Kawabata remembers the harsh conditions he and his family endured in the Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. Ticks. Coyotes.... Marcie Sillman Play AudioListen 3 mins
Your house has secrets. Here's how to find them First, an admission. We were clueless when we started researching the house at 1643 South King Street in Seattle's International District. Isolde Raftery
