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Mar

‘We’re still here’: Demolition of historic Japanese hotel

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

‘We’re still here’: Demolition of historic Japanese hotel in Old Town prompts outcry The Oregonian, March 14, 2023 The structure that stands at the intersection of Northwest 4th Avenue and

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13
Mar

Historic Old Town hotel set to be demolished

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

Historic Old Town hotel set to be demolished KGW, March 13, 2023 PORTLAND, Ore. — A historic hotel in Old Town that was a landmark for the Japanese-American community in

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13
Mar

The fight over Portland’s Yamaguchi Hotel

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

The fight over Portland’s Yamaguchi Hotel, and the future of Japantown OPB, March 13, 2023 Demolition of the historic Yamaguchi Hotel, the last building in Portland’s New Chinatown/Japantown district with

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16
Nov

American Legion Post 22 apologizes

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

American Legion Post 22 apologizes: Actions in 1944 ‘ultimately caused great harm’ Columbia Gorge News, November 16, 2022 HOOD RIVER — More than 75 years after Hood River American Legion

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16
Aug

A Hood River ceremony recognizes and honors the past

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

A Hood River ceremony recognizes and honors the past and the people who lived it The Oregonian, August 14, 2022 To understand the meaning and humanity of Saturday’s highway renaming

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31
Jul

Unearthing the story of Japanese immigrants

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage

Unearthing the story of Japanese immigrants at site of former Oregon lumber company town OPB July 31, 2022 The classic black-and-white photos from early decades of the American West often

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28
Jul

Soil collection in Portland commemorates history

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage

KOIN 6, July 22, 2022 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland will help create a new national monument dedicated to Japanese-Americans who were incarcerated in World War II. Soil will be

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21
Jul

‘Hate needs to stop now’

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage

‘Hate needs to stop now’: Groups speak out against racially motivated attacks in Portland KATU July 14, 2022 Several multicultural organizations and elected leaders came together Thursday after two instances

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14
Jul

‘It needs to stop’ Local organizations call for action after anti-Asian bias crimes

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage

‘It needs to stop’ Local organizations call for action after anti-Asian bias crimes KOIN 6 July 14, 2022 A coalition of organizations held a call-to-action Thursday after Portland became the

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6
May

“The way it was”: History of Portland’s Japantown kept alive

By JAMO Category:Media Coverage, News

KOIN, May 4, 2022 For several decades, Portland once had a thriving Japantown. That neighborhood was nearly erased, however, when Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps. Now, the goal

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