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Now on YouTube: “Reminisce – JACAR: How the Nippu Jiji, a Japanese-language newspaper in Hawaii, traced the path to Pearl Harbor”

The Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, in a collaborative arrangement with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has been working to expand its links to the Hoover Institution’s Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection (a digital collection of Japanese-language newspapers).

The ongoing effort has recently made substantial progress by offering access to Hawaiian Japanese-language newspapers like the Nippu Jiji (see Newsletter Number 44 ). To highlight the materials now available, JACAR has created a unique video— “Reminisce – JACAR: How the Nippu Jiji, a Japanese-language newspaper in Hawaii, traced the path to Pearl Harbor”—and shared it on YouTube.

　

URL：https://youtu.be/qvWf3XobQIk

　

On December 8, 1941, the Japanese Navy’s “Mobile Force” (an aircraft carrier group) attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, triggering the Pacific War. Hawaii was then home to a significant population of Japanese immigrants and their descendants. With its readership of Japanese speakers and its location in Hawaii, the Nippu Jiji operated from a unique perspective in reporting on the jolting surprise attack and the events that led up to it. JACAR’s new video explores that dynamic, utilizing a narrative approach.