San Jose State holds Japanese American internment day of remembrance

San Jose State holds Japanese American internment day of remembrance

Wednesday marked the anniversary of one of the first and most infamous uses of a presidential executive order. Executive Order 9066, issued in 1942, led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, including many American citizens. To mark the anniversary, San Jose State University held a day of remembrance, focusing on the past and the future. A building on the San Jose State campus is named after Yosh Uchida, a longtime Japanese…

JACL Cites ‘Heightened Importance’ of 2025 Day of Remembrance in Statement – Pacific Citizen

By P.C. Staff The Japanese American Citizens League today — the Day of Remembrance — issued a statement connecting the significance of an executive order signed by the president of the United States 83 years earlier, under the political status quo then, and the many executive orders — several of which have already been contested in courts — that have come from the White House in 2025. On Feb. 19, 1942, a little more than two months after America…