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Preserves and shares history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.
Gene Akutsu remembers family life pre-World War II shaped by his family’s closeness. Many of those moments were centered around the dinner table accompanied by meals and long conversations.
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Gene Akutsu remembers family life pre-World War II shaped by his family’s closeness. Many of those moments were centered around the dinner table accompanied by meals and long conversations.
When the FBI took her father away in 1942, fourteen-year-old Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto didn’t know how to make sense of it—and neither did her classmates. “It’s interesting how when it’s an awkward position, there are people who just stay away,” she recalled. “They don’t know how to comfort you.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When the FBI took her father away in 1942, fourteen-year-old Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto didn’t know how to make sense of it—and neither did her classmates. “It’s interesting how when it’s an awkward position, there are people who just stay away,” she recalled. “They don’t know how to comfort you.”