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Japan's Actions Now Mock Words on Inscription Here

Article about a donated lantern that the city of Yokohama donated to Seattle and located in Seward Park that symbolized the friendship of the peoples of both ountries but which now is torn asunder.

Japan's ancient past lives at Freeway Park

Japanese puppeteers performe at Freeway Park in Seattle as part of the Festival of American Folklife.

Japanes TV Crew Films in Seattle

Japanese film makers are in Seattle to make a film on an immigrant, Waka Yamada, who was sold into Seattle prostitution at the turn of the twentieth century and lived at Aloha House in the International District. Assisting the crew is Uhachi Tamesa…

Japanese 1902 law grad finally honored

99 years after Japanese American Takuji Yamashita was refused admission to the Washington state Bar Association because of his race, the state Supreme Court granted him that honor posthumously.