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Japanese-American Veterans Receive Top Honor for Service in Time of Struggle

by Grace Ruch on Nov 9,2011
Last week, on November 2nd, a special group of World War II veterans gathered at the United States Capitol to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor the legislative body can bestow. The men and women of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat...

One Car Two Drivers? Part 3: Auto Parts—The Supply Chain Becomes a Web

by Grace Ruch on Jul 13,2011
The third way that Japan’s automotive industry is closely interconnected with that of the US is through relationships between producers and parts suppliers. When assembly transplants were first established in the American heartland, they imported parts from their traditional suppliers...

Census Counts 767,000 Japanese in US; 88,000 Americans in Japan

by Grace Ruch on May 3,2011
The 2010 US Census data reveals an increasingly diverse demographic landscape in America, with Asians as the fastest growing racial-group in the past decade, we recently reported. According to the American Community Survey, a new nationwide survey by the US Census Bureau, 3.4% of...

The Local Face of ASEAN: Census reports 3.5 million Southeast Asians in US

by Grace Ruch on Apr 27,2011
The 2010 US Census data reveals an increasingly diverse demographic landscape in America, with Asians as the fastest growing racial-group in the past decade, we recently reported. People from the ten ASEAN nations contribute significantly to the Asian population in America according to the...

US Census Reports 17.3 Million Asians in America

by Grace Ruch on Apr 21,2011
Also featured in: Asia, Asean, Japan, South Korea, Australia, China, India, Taiwan
When US President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removing decades-long restrictions on admission and citizenship for immigrants from Asia, Asian-Americans made up only 0.5% of the total population. Forty-five years later, the 2010 Census reveals a...

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