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  • The book is a study of the bureaucratic adjudications of loyalty not of "Japanese citizens," as the review states, nor of the "Issei," or first-generation Japanese immigrants, but of the American-citizen "Nisei," or second-generation Americans of Japanese ancestry.

    Is That Legal?: January 2008 Archives 2008

  • The book is a study of the bureaucratic adjudications of loyalty not of "Japanese citizens," as the review states, nor of the "Issei," or first-generation Japanese immigrants, but of the American-citizen "Nisei," or second-generation Americans of Japanese ancestry.

    Is That Legal?: A New Review of "American Inquisition" 2008

  • (The government also incarcerated U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, but it is the detention of Japanese aliens, the so-called "Issei," that I speak of here.)

    Is That Legal?: Japanese American internment Archives 2007

  • The book is a study of the bureaucratic adjudications of loyalty not of "Japanese citizens," as the review states, nor of the "Issei," or first-generation Japanese immigrants, but of the American-citizen "Nisei," or second-generation Americans of Japanese ancestry.

    Is That Legal?: Books Archives 2006

  • (The government also incarcerated U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, but it is the detention of Japanese aliens, the so-called "Issei," that I speak of here.)

    Is That Legal?: Japanese Internment Gets A New Breath of Life in the Eastern District of New York 2006

  • (The government also incarcerated U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, but it is the detention of Japanese aliens, the so-called "Issei," that I speak of here.)

    Is That Legal?: June 2006 Archives 2006

  • Sokurov draws us in to the mind of this enigmatic figure, while Issei Ogata (in one of the oddest performances the medium has ever seen), paints Hirohito as a sheltered yet intellectually curious individual, already struggling to reconcile scientific reasoning with centuries of tradition.

    Peter Debruge’s Top 10 of 2009 – Collider.com 2009

  • Issei Kato/Reuters A man diving into the sea during his vacation as Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in the Fukui prefecture is seen in the background.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • Issei Kato/Reuters The rare attraction, added to the arrival of cherry blossoms in nearby Ueno Park, provided a chance for some Tokyoites to relax in the spring sunshine and put the ongoing nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi, about 120 miles 200 kilometers away, to the back of their minds.

    Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

  • The governor of Fukui prefecture, Issei Nishikawa, said Thursday after meeting with regulators in Tokyo that current stress tests are "not sufficient," signaling that local officials may demand tougher standards that envision a Fukushima Daiichi-scale disaster as a prerequisite for reactor restarts.

    Big Japan Quakes Still a Risk Chester Dawson 2011

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