Historic Japanese American communities have dispersed as cities like San Francisco redeveloped their neighborhoods, and the residents moved outward toward the suburbs.

Source: https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-photos-the-fight-to-keep-ohtani-basketball-alive

"I'm Japanese American and we know something about being incarcerated, losing our property.

Source: https://abc7news.com/black-reparations-california-ca-task-force-meeting-proposal-vote/13218267/

It was in this creative, freewheeling environment that Smith first met Kodani, son of a prominent Japanese American family in Monterey.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/01/news/bangor/bangor-painter-murdered-art-auction-joam40zk0w/

“It was the first time in my entire career that I’d read a project that was mainly composed of Japanese American characters,” says Maki.

Source: https://wwd.com/eye/people/ally-maki-shortcomings-1235744031/

Japanese American wartime allies are Californian—lawyers Ernest Besig, Wayne Collins, and Hugh Macbeth, or Ralph Lazo, the Mexican American teenager who went to Manzanar to live with his friends.

Source: https://iexaminer.org/small-acts-of-kindness-and-solidarity-illuminate-a-new-graphic-novel-of-japanese-american-incarceration/

Kori Suzuki is a Japanese American multimedia journalist and photographer currently based in Berkeley, California.

Source: https://www.hcn.org/articles/justice-epa-investigates-claims-of-civil-rights-violations-in-the-sacramento-san-joaquin-delta

“The forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese American citizens remains among the darkest periods of our history, and the suffering it caused Japanese American families across California is incalculable,” Bonta said in the statement.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/08/10/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-apologizes-for-his-offices-past-role-in-japanese-american-internment-during-wwii/

“The forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese American citizens remains among the darkest periods of our history, and the suffering it caused Japanese American families across California is incalculable,” Bonta said in the statement.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/08/10/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-apologizes-for-his-offices-past-role-in-japanese-american-internment-during-wwii/

The U.S. government formally apologized, and reparations were issued to the Japanese American community in 1988 when Ronald Reagan was president.

Source: https://www.eptrail.com/2023/06/07/presentation-set-for-estes-park-japanese-american-history-and-the-kato-family/

While imprisoned at a World War II internment camp with her family, Yuri Kochiyama created a community of fellow young people to share letters with Japanese American soldiers.

Source: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/11/considering-history-six-inspiring-figures-from-american-history-to-be-thankful-for/