Nebraska’s 1921 Alien Land Law targeted Japanese immigrants
In 1921 the state legislature passed a law barring noncitizens from owning rural land or leasing it longer than five years. Because Japanese immigrants ...
Japanese Americans
What We Found
Nebraska’s Japanese American History
By David L. Bristow, Editor
April 18, 2023
Japanese immigration to the West began following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, with immigrants coming first ...
The Story of Richi Ugai: Making the American Dream Possible for Future Generations of Japanese-Americans
Nebraska has had a small Japanese-American population since the early 1900’s. Richi Ugai of North Platte, Nebraska, was a prominent figure for the Japanese-American ...
Marker Monday: Father Kano
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Father Kano (1899-1988) was the son of a prominent family in Japan. He studied agriculture at the Imperial University in Tokyo. Kano’s family ...
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