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Junko Takamatsu (age 74) is an Japanese American woman born after WWII. She shares her story of coming from Japan to the America. Her granddaughter, Lauren Kwong (age 16) asks her questions about her life in America.

This interview took place in Bayside, New York, on December 1st, 2019. In it, Ami Farrell asks her mother, Setsu Sakaguchi, about the challenges she has faced in life and what she has learned from them. As an immigrant from...

My mother immigrated to America from Japan 20 years ago, and has lived here ever since. In this interview, I ask about her experience as the first and only member of her family to move out of Japan, and about...

Talking to my Japanese mother about her life growing up and how moving influenced her childhood and later life decisions.

In the interview, Noriko Murakawa talks about her life after she graduated high school, and the process of finding a job in Japan before coming to America to become a preschool teacher.

I interviewed my dad on his journey to the US and how it has affected his life

My grandpa talking about his father and step father, and the war they where in.

The questions that were naked were along the lines of her moving from Japan to America.

Despite being in Japan for the earthquake in 2011, Gerald Hirshberg doesn't tell that story, because stories of interacting with the place and the people are far more earthshattering. In November of 2017, Kate Hirshberg interviewed her grandfather, Gerald 'Jerry'...

During the November 26th interview with Mr. Marshall, we talked about his family’s origins, growing up in a small town, his childhood life, adult life, work life, and experiences in the military. He described how his life was affected by...