Two Nisei, two histories: Local Japanese Americans reflect on WWII incarceration and its lasting impact | One Detroit - BridgeDetroit

Two Nisei, two histories: Local Japanese Americans reflect on WWII incarceration and its lasting impact | One Detroit - BridgeDetroit

Mary Kamidoi and Shinji Takahashi are both second-generation Japanese Americans, known as “Nisei,” but their childhood experiences differ vastly. At 11 years old, Kamidoi and her family were forced by the government to relocate from their home in Stockton, California to a Japanese incarceration camp in Arkansas during World War II.   This story also appeared in Detroit PBS - One Detroit Takahashi, whose parents came f…