Japanese American and broader Asian American Pacific Islander communities.

theatrical experience telling the story of the Nisei soldiers of World War II.and I’m assigned to teach in the Master of Public Diplomacy program at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

This will be the first university performance of Defining Courage and the finale of USCs celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.the story personally resonated.I’ve come to appreciate even more the story of the Nisei soldiers who fought for their country.

My great-grandfather Mosaku Asada was one of 5.still available here: https://uscpublicdiplomacy.

000 enemy aliens detained by the FBI.

Matthew Asada is a visiting senior fellow at the University of Southern California.I am the culmination of the courage and sacrifice of the strong Japanese women who came before me.

I feel reverence meeting people who knew soldiers in the same 442nd regiment as my Jichan.I was not near many Japanese American Women.

With my extended Japanese family active in the local community.reading and instruments/music.