USF Honors NJAHS & National Park Service
On April 21, 4-6PM. USF honors NJAHS and the National Park Service for their university-museum collaboration– a public access digitization project. Camp Collections: A Digital Library was funded in part by…
Upcoming 2011 Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan Community Meetings!
Find below a schedule of upcoming Better Neighborhood Plan Community Meetings at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) regarding the BNP Final Submittal. The purpose of…
Message from NJAHS About Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people in Japan. Personally, I have learned that my cousin and his family survived and are ok in Natori City, near Sendai.…
Bridging Communities Program
The goal of the Bridging Communities Program is to create awareness, dialogue and ultimately activism from Japanese American and Muslim American youth through a series of interactive sessions including topics…
$20 A Day in Japantown Video Project
Since 2007, NJAHS Summer Interns (“Ninterns”) have created under the tutelage of film maker Lina Hoshino video sorts promoting visitorship to Japantown and patronage of the community’s merchants. This project…
Breaking Perspectives: 2010 NJAHS Interns Digital Storytelling Videos
Each year, the NJAHS Summer Interns create digital stories under the direction of film maker Lina Hoshino that explore aspects of their experience as Nikkei. “Voices Never Raised,” by Tina…
Senate Passes Bill to Honor Japanese American Veterans of World War II
100th, 442nd, MIS Would Receive Congressional Gold Medal The United States Senate unanimously approved S.B. 1055, legislation introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to award the Congressional Gold Medal to…
NJAHS Awarded by the Foreign Ministry of Japan!!!
It is a great honor to announce that we, NJAHS, were awarded the Conferment of the Foreign Minister’s Commendations for 2010. The reception was held on Monday, December 6 at the Consul…
Congressional Gold Medal Bill Receives 69 Sponsors!
Congr. Schiff– CA (HR347) , and Sen. Boxer– CA (with Inouye, Akaka & Feinstein) introduced S 1055 to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Battalion/442nd RCT. Boxer will amend…