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Title: Wakao Tatsuhiko papers
Date (inclusive): 2002-2020
Collection Number: 2021C3
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Japanese and English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, memorabilia
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, memorabilia
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Physical Description:
63 digital files
(.051 Gigabytes)
Creator:
Wakao, Tatsuhiko, 1940-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box OCM9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Wakao Tatsuhiko papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Wakao Tatsuhiko (1940-); Japanese American voting rights activist. Wakao was born in Hampyeong County, Jeollanam-do, on the
Korean Peninsula in 1940. In 1945, after the end of World War II, the Wakao family returned to Japan. Wakao later worked for
the Japan-based manufacturing company, Harada Industry Co., Ltd. In 1981, Hamada transferred Wakao to its United States subsidiary.
While residing in Los Angeles, Wakao was involved in several community organizations, including the Japanese Chamber of Commerce
of Southern California, the Asian American Chamber Association, and the Japanese Food Culture Association. Wakao was one of
the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit that reached the Japanese Supreme Court; the plaintiffs argued that barring Japanese citizens
living abroad from voting in National Diet elections is unconstitutional. On September 14, 2005, the Japanese Supreme Court
ruled it unconstitutional to limit voting rights for nonresident Japanese citizens living abroad. Wakao returned to live in
Japan in 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes documents relating to Wakao's community organizing activities in Los Angeles, California. Also includes material
relating to Wakao's legal case against the Japanese government regarding voting rights in Japan for Japanese citizens living
abroad.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan -- Emigration and immigration
Suffrage
Political rights, Loss of
Japan
Trials -- Japan
Japanese -- Foreign countries
Japanese -- United States
Community organization
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Japan. Daishin'in