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unusual facts about Japanese-American internment



Ambleton Delight

Filmed exclusively in East Sussex, UK it is directed by Brighton and Hove based Daniel Parkes, based on a script by Japanese writer Itsuka Yamasaki and Ben Rohde, produced by Sinéad Ferguson and starring veteran Coronation Street actor Brian Capron.

Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia

Each Reyvateil has their own singer (who is different from their voice actor in both Japanese and English versions) who performed their Songs and Hymns: Aurica: Haruka Shimotsuki, Misha: Akiko Shikata, Shurelia: Noriko Mitose and Claire: Yūko Ishibashi.

Bungo Yoshida

Concerned by falling audience numbers and a lack of young people taking up bunraku, Yoshida combined the ancient art form with his love of rock music, which he combined for a 1980 adaptation of The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki Shinjū) with the music written and performed by Japanese rock musician Ryudo Uzaki, and occasionally with a live orchestra.

Chū Kudō

In 1942, he held secret meetings with Fumimaro Konoe and others in the upper levels of the Japanese government who hoped to bring a quick end to the Second Sino-Japanese War and an armistice with Kuomintang.

Deadly Towers

It is a pun of the word mashō (魔性), meaning "devilishness", and in keeping with this theme, the Japanese cartridge contained a red LED at the top which illuminated when turned on.

Dewoitine D.500

In 1938, 18 Chinese D.510s saw action against the Japanese, including the defense of Chengdu and the Chinese wartime capital Chongqing.

Douglas Gracey

In February 1945 the division created a bridgehead across the Irrawaddy and broke out in mid-March to cut the Japanese communications and supplies to the battles being fought at Mandalay and Meiktila.

Eareckson Air Station

From 1941 to 1943, Colonel Eareckson personally led all of the difficult missions against the Japanese which were located on two other Aleutian Islands, Kiska and Attu.

Eclecticism

Originally based on the Japanese martial art Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, it has since incorporated techniqes from a diverse range of styles such as Japanese Judo, Korean Taekwondo, western boxing, as well as some Chinese Chin Na techniques from styles such as Shaolin Kung Fu and Eagle Claw.

Feather Float

Feather Float is the second album the Japanese band OOIOO, a side-project of Boredoms member Yoshimi P-We.

Free Free/Super Music Maker

"Free Free/Super Music Maker" is the 12th single by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki under the label Avex Trax.

Fueki

Yuko Fueki (born 1979), Japanese film actress popular in Korea

Get Ur Freak On

At the beginning of the song, a man says in Japanese: "Kore kara minna de mechakucha odotte. Sawagou, sawagou".

Hiromi Hayakawa

She is the daughter of Alfonso Javier Hayakawa, who is of Japanese descent and a native of Torreón, Coahuila, and Lourdes Elsa Salas, from the city of Chihuahua.

Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō

One reason for the discrepancy in numbers was (in sharp contrast to the United States) the Imperial Japanese Navy's lack of insistence that its carrier planes have the smallest possible folded wingspan (many designs' folded only near the tips, while the wings of the Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive-bomber did not fold at all).

Japanese food supply ship Irako

In January 1942, she started sailing between the Japanese homeland (Kure and Yokosuka) to the front, including Saipan, Truk, and Davao.

Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory

Researcher and author Jon Entine emphasizes that DNA evidence excludes the possibility of significant links between Japanese and Jews.

Ji'an, Hualien

In the period of Japanese Occupation of Taiwan, the Governor-General of Taiwan encouraged Japanese to immigrate the regions of Hualien and Taitung and established a village here as “Yoshino” (吉野村).

Johnny Albino

With "Los Panchos", he recorded to Japanese albums, and he also performed alongside many superstars, such as Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and others.

Keith Holman

He was a chef with 82 Wing, 23 Squadron and was posted to bases in Ipswich, Queensland and later after the Japanese surrender, at Morakai and Balikpapan in Borneo.

Kim Yong-Sik

The expansion of Japanese offensives during the Pacific War in 1942 led to the cessation of sporting competitions in the country and Kim's spell at Pyeongyang FC came to an end.

Kingdom of Tondo

One famous Japanese merchant, Luzon Sukezaemon (呂宋助左衛門), went as far as to change his surname from Naya (納屋) to Luzon (呂宋).

Korean tea ceremony

As Korean tea culture died with the advent of Yi Dynasty in 1392, this newly revived "Korean Tea Ceremony," propagated by Panyaro Institute closely resembles the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and is considered an outright copy by the Japanese Sado practitioners, much the same way Tae Kwon Do, Yudo, and Haedong Gumdo are seen as copies of Karate, Judo, and Kendo by the Japanese.

Lingga Islands

It was from Lingga Roads that the main Japanese southern striking force deployed for the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Makafushigi Adventure!

"Mystical Adventure!" was sung by Jimi Tunnell, though the lyrics were not a literal translation of the original Japanese.

Marcus Tulio Tanaka

Born in Palmeira d'Oeste, Brazil to a second generation Japanese-Brazilian father and Italian-Brazilian mother, Tulio moved to Japan at age 15 to complete his high school studies.

Mishima High School, Ehime

It was the inspiration for the 2010 Japanese movie Shodo Girls.

Murphy drip

On 4 June 1942 Pharmacist's Mate Edwin Miller was stationed on Sand Island (part of the Midway Atoll) and was making ready for the expected Japanese attack.

Nagi Noda

Among her works are the short film Mariko Takahashi's Fitness Video for Being Appraised as an "Ex-fat Girl", the half-panda-half-something-else Hanpanda life-sized figures, and the video for Japanese singer Yuki's song "Sentimental Journey".

NBC Bearings

The company was awarded the prestigious Deming Application Prize by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE).

NJStar Communicator

NJStar Communicator was a very popular Traditional Chinese Microsoft Windows add-on for Windows 95 and Windows 98 that supports Chinese, Japanese and Korean input and web pages viewing in the same windows before Windows provided those functions.

Pokémon 3: The Movie

Shinji Miyazaki wrote the original film score, while Ralph Schuckett composed the score for the International and Japanese DVD releases.

Rock 'n' Roll Bolero

"Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" was later included as a bonus track on the remaster of the 1977 album Whatever Happened to Slade, the 2006 Japanese Air Mail Archive remaster of the 1979 album Return to Base, and part of the 2006 four-disc box set The Slade Box.

Self Destruction Blues

"Dead By X-Mas" has been covered by the Japanese hardcore band The Piass in 1994, the US punk band The Hillstreet Stranglers in 2005, the British electro group Sohodolls in 2007 and the Finnish rockabilly band Big Daddy & Rockin’ Combo in 2008.

Shanghai Institute of Visual Art

Guest lecturers and professors include Asia's most renowned actor Jackie Chan, “Michelangelo of Modern Times” fresco artist Rainer Maria Latzke, Beowulf and Spider-Man movie animator Sing-Chong Foo, Japanese manga master Makoto Ogino, the creator of the “Peacock King”, and renowned painters Carlos Morell Orlandis and Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman.

Shigeno

Yasumasa Shigeno, Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party

Song to the Auspicious Cloud

Several puppet governments established by the Japanese army, such as Provisional Government of the Republic of China, Reformed Government of the Republic of China, also used this anthem, as these puppet state recommissioned all the old Republic of China national symbols before Kuomintang came to power in 1928.

Susumu Matsushita

Susumu Matsushita (松下進 Matsushita Susumu, born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic–influenced design.

Teishin Shudan

The paratroop brigades were organized into the Teishin Shudan as the first division-level raiding unit, at the main Japanese airborne base, Karasehara Airfield, Kyūshū, Japan.

Tokyo Connection

Halcali, again, features many artists and producers throughout the album, such as: electrocore unit 80kidz, Shibuya-kei veteran Maki Nomiya (ex-Pizzicato Five) and Japanese Ska group Your Song Is Good as the backing band.

Urushibara

Urushibara Mokuchu (漆原木虫) (1888-1953), given name Yoshijirô, a Japanese print maker

Walden L. Ainsworth

On the night of 4–July 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia.

Washington Naval Treaty

It also contributed to controversy in high ranks of the Imperial Japanese Navy between the Treaty Faction officers and those opposed to it, who were also allied with the ultranationalists of the Japanese army and other parts of the Japanese government.

Willow Palisade

According to the Japanese traveler Inaba Iwakichi, who went through Weiyuanbao gate (in the eastern section of the system, near its junction with the other two sections near Kaiyuan) in 1907, and then again several years later through a gate in the Outer Palisade near Shibeiling (south of Changchun), there was nothing for him to see but a few old tree stumps.

Yes, No

The first track on this album, Dans Sa Chambre, was used as the theme song for the Japanese talk show Time 3, shown on Fuji Network System.

Yoichi, Hokkaido

Yoichi is the birthplace of Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, the first Japanese astronaut; he attended elementary and junior high schools here.

Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama Chinatown (Japanese: 横浜中華街, yokohama chūkagai; Simplified Chinese: 横滨中华街; Traditional Chinese: 横濱中華街; Pinyin: Hèngbīn Zhōnghuá Jiē; Cantonese Jyutping: Waang4 ban1 zung1 waa4 gaai1) is located in Yokohama, Japan, which is located just south of Tokyo.

Yokosuka Naval Base

Yokosuka Naval District, the historical Japanese naval base prior to 1945

Yuriko Doi

Japanese-born and trained in the classical theater styles of Noh and Kyogen, Doi brought this heritage to the West in the 1960s, founding Theatre of Yugen in 1978.

Kami, the Japanese word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith


see also

John de Witt

John L. DeWitt (1880–1962), U.S. general in World War II who infamously helped initiate the Japanese-American internment