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Title: Kadoike Hiroshi papers
Date (inclusive): 2002-2007
Collection Number: 2022C6
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Japanese
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 audio cassette box
(1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Author and scholar. The Kadoike Hiroshi papers includes biographies and audio interviews with Japanese Americans who joined
the Japanese Army during WWII.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
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Born in Aichi prefecture in 1956. After receiving a B.A. at Keio University, he worked for a company and later managed a small
to medium-size business. He transferred the ownership of the business to his friend, he entered a graduate school and received
a master's and Ph.D. He is a lecturer at universities and adult learning schools.
His encounter with a Nikkei Sansei while in his 20s significantly impressed him. After that, he has developed a strong interest
in Japanese Americans and has been studying Japanese American Nisei and the Pacific War. He shed light on the little-known
Nisei who became Japanese soldiers. He has visited the U.S. fifteen times since 2002, and his interviews amount to about 500
hours. He published Americans who became Japanese army soldiers: Japanese American Nisei who fought against their home country
in 2010. An NHK documentary program, Americans who became Japanese army soldiers: long journeys, based on this book, was aired
worldwide on August 15 and 16, 2013. He specializes in historical sociology (Japanese Americans and the Pacific War) and US-Japan
modern history (US-Japan relations immediately before the Pacific War).
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes biographies and audio interviews with Japanese Americans who joined the Japanese Army during WWII.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Interviews
Audiocassettes
Japan. Rikugun -- Biography