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Ocl. 9, 1990marks the dry of the l
Liberti€sActof 1988.RatuShimpoass
iYason hand in WashingtonD.C. to
LETTER OF APOL
A m o n c t a r ys u ma n dw o s r h n c ,
patrrlulnemorics: neirhercan rhe] lirll)
rccrify injusriceand ro upholdrheriglrls
We can neve.fullr- ght lhe wron
clea. standfb. jusriceand recognizcrhr
Japanese
Americansduring world Wrr
Inaclinga law callin-slbrrcstitutLo
yourtbuow Amcricrns have,in a!eri- rea
commitmeniro thc ideal!of freedom.cq
family hale our bestwishesfor thc tirtu
lAbore) Atlo.nry G€neral Dick Thornburgh presentsa che.k rnd nn apok'gy to Hisano Fujimoto, l0l. of
l , o n i b a r d .I l l i n o i s .w h i l e l 0 l - ] c a r - o l d S e n k i . h i Y u g e( l c f t )a n d 1 0 2 - y e a r - o lK
d i s a I s e r i ( r i g h t )l o o k o n . A
lotal of ninc elderl} inlernrcs- of which six were oicr 10fl rears of ag€- prrriciprred in t uesda]
cc.emonl. (Belo\y) L€gislalors also marked the fimalslagc oi th€ fighl for redressand r€prrnlions. Here
R e p r e s e n l r t i ! e N o r m aM
n i n e t a( r i g h l )I ' r l k s w i t h( f r o ml e l t t o r i g h r )S e n a l o rD a n i e l l n o u y eD
, a n i e tA k a k a .
and Reprcsentatire McrvJn Dymallt.
Susi KiriJanra, l0l, who was incarc
herappreciationfo. thismomentous
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ManoruEto,l07;HaruDairiki, 102;S
86i YohakuArakawa,85;and KenY,
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P H O \E ( ]
...ANDJUSTICE
FOR ALL
O':i. 9, 1990 narks Ihe dal of thc fir$t prtments rnder the Civil
€ditor'I skeshiNakayama
Liberties Acl of l98tt. Raru Shimpoassociate
lvas on h|nd in Washington D.C. to capturc the nonenls of this
LETTER OF APOLOGY
A mooerarysum rnd wo.ds aior. crnnot restorelost vcarsorerasc
paintul memories:neilhcr can thel [ully conlcy ou. nation s rcsohe to
recrjfy injusticeand to uphold rhc righrsofindi!iduah.
w e c a nn e v e rf u l l y r i g h rt h e$ ( ) n g so f t h e p a s t .B u t r v r . a n t a k e a
clear srrnd lbrjustice and recognizethrt seriousinjustrceswe.e doneto
J!paneseAmericansduring World Wxr IL
Inactinga law calling forrcsriruriondndofferingd sincerclpolog).
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lujimot0.l0l.of
isaIseri(right)kn)kon. A
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cssrnd reparations.llere
lielI$oule.DanielAkaka,
y o u r t t l l o w A m e r i c m s l r a v e , i n a v e r y r c r l s e n s e , r c n c $ c d t h e i r l r a d i t i o{Abo!e,
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justice.
You andyour
commitment10the idealsof frccdom..qurlity. and
\ a t i o n a l C , ' u n ( i lr " r J a p a n e . r\ ' n c r i c ! n R d r +
ftmily haveour bestwishesfor the future.
andR(prrslion\r\( RRr:and( r(\\(\ \alrsu
V l o r l d \ a r l l r € t e r r n t " r r ( a l v ' , , n h r n d 1 , ,c .
Sincerely.
I rom lelr to righl. K() Kohr\!.hi '\IIS). \ ir,
PresidentGcorgeBush
Mrrylandi and loro Hirose (.l.l2nd).
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SugiKiriyama, 101,r'ho l1asincartcratedin Manzanar,expresses
included
event.Oth€r.ecipients
her apprecialionfor thismomentous
Don
Hatiukishima,
Dairiki,
102;
Sade
ldc,90
Eto,
107;
Haru
Mamoru
i
86rYohakuArskawa,85iand Ken Yamanoto,73.
'We can never fully rig
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L E S S T R E E T .L O S A N G E L E S .C A L I F 9 O O I :
P H O NE t l l 3 ) 6 : 9 : 2 l t
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I palments under the Civil
te€dilor Tak€shiNakavama
pture the moments of this
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not restorelost yearsorerase
)nveyouf nalion-sresolveto
individuals.
, f l h e p a s t .B u l w e c a nt a k ea
were done ro
.ious rJrjuslices
1dofttring a sincereapology.
)nse.renewedfi eir raditronal
Lty,andjuslice.You and your
Sincerely,
P.esidentCcorge Bush
(Abore, from left to right) Bob Bratl, head of lhe Office of Redr€ss Administrllion. poses$ith thr
representativ€sfrom the lhrre,lapan€s€ Am€ricln organizalions thal l'ere honored: uilli{'il Hohri.
National Council for.lapancsc Am€ric.rn Redress(NCJAR)i Bert Nakano, National( rtalitnn tur I{fdrc\\
and R€parations(NCRR l i and C ress€yNakagawa,.lapan€s€Amcrican C ilizens l,e.gtr e (,1\ ( 1. ). i ltr l(^! I
World War II leterans were also on hand to commemorate the evenl lnd l€rd tht pltdgr ol xllcgixn(t.
l ' r o m l € f t t o r i g h 1 ,K e y K o b a J a s h i( M I S ) , V i r g i n i a ; B e n O b a i r ( N { I S ) .V i r g i n i . r : . l o €I ( h i u c h i r 5 : : n d r .
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MarJlandr and oro Hirose (.1;l2nd).
ted in Manzanar,€xp.esses
nn Otherrecipientsinclud€d
elde,90;DonHatsukishima,
ramoto,73.
'We can never fully right the wrongsof the pasl'
-Says Preside.t B{sh ir l.lrerolrpobql