Name: Alejandra Yepiz
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I chose to participate because my Minor is in Japanese and I have always really liked to learn about History that is not really talked about in school.
Name: Ayui Ota
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participate: I wanted to know more about the complex feeling Japanese Americans during WW2 had toward Japan.
Name: Jeffrey Ramos
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I thought this program looked fun! My minor is also Japanese and I thought it would help my understanding.
Name: Kanako Matsuyama
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participate: I have always been interested in the topic of war and peace, and I thought that participating in this programme would be a good experience for me to think deeper about the history of war, its impact on humanity and how peace can be achieved. Also, the internment of Japanese-Americans is a history that is rarely brought up in discussion in Japan, despite the fact that it was experienced by people with roots in Japan. Therefore, I would like to see the fields and materials with my own eyes, hear the stories with my own ears in the US, where it all happened.
Name: Kanan Makinose
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participate: My major is International Relations and I am interested in security issues. I want to deepen my thoughts on security.
Name: Maria Romero
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I decided to participate in the program because it aligns with all three of my interests: history, politics, and Japanese. I hope to learn more about how Californian History was recorded because I did not know about Executive Order 9066 when I was a kid. I also want to visit Manzar and experience the place, a book I read in Middle School, was like.
Name: Max Gibson
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I have an interest in WWII History and Japanese History. I often read books on Japanese History, and want to learn more about Japanese-American History
Name: Mia Kojima
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I have been interested in Japanese-American internment and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team for quite a while. As a person of Japanese descent, it is interesting to consider how Executive Order 9066 may have affected my family and myself had interracial marriage been legal at the time. The translation and documentation aspects further pulled me in.
Name: Michiru Kimpara
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participate: When I was a junior high school student, I read a book, “Futatsu no Sokoku,” about Japanese Americans during WWII. After that, I got interested in the history of Japanese Americans. For me, this program is a great opportunity to deepen my interests and understand and experience history with my eyes.
Name: Momo Asaka
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participat: I am interested in peace studies and issues about discrimination, and want to learn and think about the solution to these problems by looking at the history of discrimination.
Name: Runa Hino
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participate: I want to have a direct approach to what I have studied online so far
Name: Sayaka Kono
College: International Christian University
Why I chose to participate: I am interested in visiting museums in America.
Name: Taniya Newson
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I have studied a little of Japan’s history in the past and discovered my interest in it, so I am very interested in learning more about Japanese history, and I want to hopefully practice and improve my Japanese.
Name: Trong Le
College: Middlebury College
Why I chose to participate: I wanted to make new friends and learn more about Japanese history and culture.
Name: Yura Wada
College: Chuo University
Why I chose to participate: I’m glad to feel like one member of Service Translation through this experience.
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