The Honolulu Advertiser March 21, 1955 In 1955, Pan Am hired an initial class of 20 “Nisei” or second generation Japanese Americans to service flights between San Francisco, Honolulu and Tokyo ...

Born in Lahaina, he was one of thousands of Japanese-American, or Nisei, soldiers who volunteered to fight in World War II. “I had a older brother. He wanted to join, but he already had a job ...

Members of Zenshin Daiko perform an energetic piece titled “Yodan Uchi” during Saturday morning’s ceremony for the enclosure of the Stanley Izumigawa Pavilion (in background) at the Nisei ...

Maui’s Sons and Daughters of the Nisei Veterans member Floyd Nagoshi salutes the United States flag during Saturday’s blessing and grand opening of the Stanley Izumigawa Resource Center at ...

San Francisco fine dining restaurant Nisei gets a name drop on michelinman’s first track, “greymatter,” and its kitchen — and kitchen team — is featured in the music video for the song. The songs on ...

Tomoe Oketani, 96, is a second-generation Japanese American—known as Nikkei Nisei—who was born and raised in Hawaii. Her parents immigrated from Hiroshima Prefecture. Her father worked on a ...