Nisei

• “The outfielder was known as the "Nisei Jackie Robinson" for breaking into Japanese baseball and building ties between the countries in a highly sensitive period after World War II.”

  Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion

• “Once investigated, the Nisei should be allowed to take jobs in defense plants.”

  IsThatLegal?

• “Japanese Americans, commonly known as Nisei, were identified as qualifying for honorary degrees.”

  latimes.com - News

• “Leah Nash for The Wall Street Journal Swing dancing at Minidoka and nine other camps gave "Nisei," or children born in the U.S. to Japanese immigrants, a way to assert their American-ness.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Minidoka Swing

• “Their plan called for a number of things: FDR was urged to go on record as believing in the loyalty of American citizens of Japanese ancestry (the "Nisei").”

  IsThatLegal?

• “A documentary was shown, detailing the history and impact of the 442nd and its 100th "Nisei" Battalion.”

  The Seattle Times

• “The unattached 442nd, which incorporated the famed but depleted 100th "Nisei" Battalion, had bounced around without a home for a bit before bonding with the 34th Division for good amid the final push of the war.”

  The Seattle Times

• “These included American citizens who had been born in the United States (the "Nisei").”

  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

• “She learned only recently about the importance of Heart Mountain to her parents, who were second-generation Japanese-Americans, or Nisei.”

  Voice of America: Japanese-American Internment Camp Site Reopens as Museum

• “I was interviewed for an obituary in the LA Times when Bill died, and the reporter couldn't understand how important Nisei was to a JA kid in northern Virginia in the early '70s, where my family lived when I first read Bill's landmark book.”

  The Huffington Post: Gil Asakawa: Denver Pays Tribute to Bill Hosokawa, A Japanese American Leader

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