Kristen Hayashi

over how Japanese immigrants and their descendants are sort of treated in the United States.

over how Japanese immigrants and their descendants are sort of treated in the United States.

Yeah, there's a big sidebar. I mean, it's the Russo-Japanese War, which Japan wins. Teddy Roosevelt oversees the negotiations, and that treaty is settled. But that war has everything to do with Japan expanding its role in the world, wanting to be taken seriously globally. This begins that movement forward. But interestingly, I want to plant a seed here.

Yeah, there's a big sidebar. I mean, it's the Russo-Japanese War, which Japan wins. Teddy Roosevelt oversees the negotiations, and that treaty is settled. But that war has everything to do with Japan expanding its role in the world, wanting to be taken seriously globally. This begins that movement forward. But interestingly, I want to plant a seed here.

Yeah, there's a big sidebar. I mean, it's the Russo-Japanese War, which Japan wins. Teddy Roosevelt oversees the negotiations, and that treaty is settled. But that war has everything to do with Japan expanding its role in the world, wanting to be taken seriously globally. This begins that movement forward. But interestingly, I want to plant a seed here.

So much of this pushback that happens as a result of this expansion and this prejudice and fear begins to energize a certain sector of Japan society politically. That begins this sort of militaristic attitude, doesn't it?

So much of this pushback that happens as a result of this expansion and this prejudice and fear begins to energize a certain sector of Japan society politically. That begins this sort of militaristic attitude, doesn't it?

So much of this pushback that happens as a result of this expansion and this prejudice and fear begins to energize a certain sector of Japan society politically. That begins this sort of militaristic attitude, doesn't it?

I guess so, yeah. And here in the United States, there probably were some Ise who kind of supported that as well.

I guess so, yeah. And here in the United States, there probably were some Ise who kind of supported that as well.

I guess so, yeah. And here in the United States, there probably were some Ise who kind of supported that as well.

But it's the beginning of a lot that, you know, flowers later on down the road. It's really interesting and important to understand and identify what really laid the groundwork for what happens later on. When we talk about this land issue, very few Japanese actually owned the land. I mean, it was 2%, I believe, is the percentage of how much land in California was owned.

But it's the beginning of a lot that, you know, flowers later on down the road. It's really interesting and important to understand and identify what really laid the groundwork for what happens later on. When we talk about this land issue, very few Japanese actually owned the land. I mean, it was 2%, I believe, is the percentage of how much land in California was owned.

But it's the beginning of a lot that, you know, flowers later on down the road. It's really interesting and important to understand and identify what really laid the groundwork for what happens later on. When we talk about this land issue, very few Japanese actually owned the land. I mean, it was 2%, I believe, is the percentage of how much land in California was owned.

And yet it was so productive.

And yet it was so productive.

And yet it was so productive.

Yeah, I mean, in the early part of the 20th century, kind of leading up to World War II, if you ate a piece of fruit or a vegetable, it's very likely that a Japanese grower grew that vegetable or fruit. Japanese Americans really shaped the landscape. They were leasing agricultural land, but as you say, they didn't own the land. And what does that mean when you don't control or own the land?

Yeah, I mean, in the early part of the 20th century, kind of leading up to World War II, if you ate a piece of fruit or a vegetable, it's very likely that a Japanese grower grew that vegetable or fruit. Japanese Americans really shaped the landscape. They were leasing agricultural land, but as you say, they didn't own the land. And what does that mean when you don't control or own the land?

Yeah, I mean, in the early part of the 20th century, kind of leading up to World War II, if you ate a piece of fruit or a vegetable, it's very likely that a Japanese grower grew that vegetable or fruit. Japanese Americans really shaped the landscape. They were leasing agricultural land, but as you say, they didn't own the land. And what does that mean when you don't control or own the land?