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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The North American Times’ This series explores the history of the pre-war Japanese community in Seattle, by reviewing articles in “The North American Times,” which have been digitally archived by the University of Washington and Hokubei Hochi Foundation (hokubeihochi.org/digital-archive). Publication of this series is a joint project with discovernikkei.org. Part 9 Nisei Education in Japanese Schools, concluded Continues from March 10

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The North American Times’ This series explores the history of the pre-war Japanese community in Seattle, by reviewing articles in “The North American Times,” which have been digitally archived by the University of Washington and Hokubei Hochi Foundation (hokubeihochi.org/digital-archive). Publication of this series is a joint project with discovernikkei.org. . In this chapter, I will introduce articles from 1918 to about 1920 on picture-bride ma...

By Edward Echtle, For The North American Post Continued from July 22 (napost.com) Editor's note September 1 was the 120th anniversary of "The North American Post." To mark this significant milestone, author Ed Echtle has researched the history of this newspaper and that of its pre-WWII predecessor, "The North American TImes." This article is the In November 1941, Sumiyoshi Arima departed for Japan leaving his younger brother Sumio in charge of the “Times.”

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The North American Times’ This series explores the history of the pre-war Japanese community in Seattle, by reviewing articles in “The North American Times,” which have been digitally archived by the University of Washington and Hokubei Hochi Foundation (hokubeihochi.org/digital-archive). Publication of this series is a joint project with discovernikkei.org.

In the first half of the chapter, I reviewed articles that describe people who were involved in its founding until the 1920s.

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from ‘The North American Times’ This series explores the history of the pre-war Japanese community in Seattle, by reviewing articles in “The North American Times,” which have been digitally archived by the University of Washington Library and Hokubei Hochi Foundation (Nikkei Newspaper Digital Archive | Hokubei Hochi Foundation). History of […]

In chapter 2 (NAP, Aug 27), I introduced Manjiro Morita and Masajiro Furuya, who moved to Seattle around 1890 and were referred to as the “founding” Japanese.