This article delves into the vital role played by intergenerational, cultural, and social relationships in the work of museum educators at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). It highlights the relational exchanges among different generations of staff and volunteers. These relationships not only facilitate the intergenerational transfer…

Many folk dances reflect the everyday activities of the people, celebrating the commonplace through physical forms of expression. The traditional Japanese folk dance, Tanko Bushi, is still performed in Japan and among Japanese-Americans today, and its theme of coal mining makes it relatable to many cultures around the world. With its traditional…

In this article, the author shares her family's sad experience after being thrown in internment camps as part of the enforcement of the Executive Order 9066 following the Japanese's bombardment of Pearl Harbor. Japanese Americans were evacuated from their homes. In one day everything they had was stolen--even their pictures. It broke her mother's…

Educational success among Asian American students has often been misunderstood as an occupational development separate from any experience of racism. However, several theorists have suggested that racial barriers in occupational mobility correlate with educational pursuits. Therefore, this research aims to examine the direct effect of perceived…

Stresses the importance for counselors of understanding the Japanese American subculture's history and attributes. Reviews problems in perceiving the Japanese across cultures and in America and offers some solutions for counselors to aid them in their dealings with Japanese American clients. (BH)

The writer tries to cover offshoots of history emphasizing human and sociological aspects sometimes not always realized by students or readers of history.

In 1942 the U.S. government evacuated more than 110,000 Japanese Americans from their homes and placed them in relocation centers. This article talks about the more than 4,000 Japanese American students who were allowed to leave the centers to study in colleges and universities throughout the United States. (RM)

Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American second-grade teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered. Her goal is to help students develop cross-cultural acceptance and strategies to work through their own prejudices and to maintain their own dignity when they…

Presents a biography of Mine Okubo, a prolific Japanese-American artist who was among the thousands of Japanese imprisoned in "relocation camps" during World War II. Provides insights into Ms. Okubo's philosophy as well as the phases of her art, emphasizing her role as a living repository and documentor of Japanese-American history. (JDH)

Examined the effect of Jan Ken Po Gakko, a Japanese-American history, culture, and language education program on the self-concept of Japanese-American children (N=40). Results indicated the participants increased in positive self-concept over time. Implications for counseling are given. (BL)

The book, "History of the Okinawans in North America," is reviewed by its translator, who also summarizes the history and culture of the Okinawan community in California. Okinawans long considered themselves an oppressed minority among Japanese and desire a separate history in order to preserve the community and its cultural heritage.…

Discusses the work of Japanese-American writer Yoshiko Uchida, who accurately re-creates a sense of the past in her depictions of Japanese-Americans struggling to define their self-images. Examines Uchida's treatment of several sociocultural issues and themes reflected in her children's works dealing with pre-World War II and internment years. (RS)

Explores the managerial behavior of sansei, third-generation Japanese-Americans, which directly conforms to neither Western nor native Japanese models, but which contains identifiable elements of each. (BJV)

Although the Nisei ethnic group experienced much residential dispersal, members have not been absorbed into the majority group society, largely because of their tendency to maintain Japanese interpersonal style rather than accept the style of the United States. A primary cause of the Nisei's style is their expression of their subjective self. (VM)

Describes how participants (student authors ages 8 to 14) in the Westridge Young Writers Workshop (in a suburb of Denver, CO) came to deeper cultural awareness and respect through the exploration of the experiences of one ethnic group--Japanese Americans. (SR)