he has family ties to Kagoshima.

org for alternate ways to donate.When the FBI resumes a wave of mass arrests of Japanese immigrants.

My last film weaved the collective experience of Tule Lake Segregation Center from the testimonies of people who lived through it.select They Took My Father Too.This project brings a literary work to life through dramatic scenes.

Donations to this project are tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor.joined by my producing partner Ken Ochiai.

when the government was preparing to forcibly remove all Japanese Americans from the West Coast.

At this stage Im producing a work-in-progress to develop the project.Scholars of Japanese humanities have long sought opportunities to collaborate with peers around the world.

The humanities and arts make us who we are — they enable us as humans to relate to and care for one another.He added that the programs being based at a top-ranked public university in Los Angeles is particularly consequential.

The initiative was established at UCLA in 2014 following a $2.Among the scholars praising the launch of Japan Past Present is Haruo Shirane.