Lane Hirabayashi

UCLA

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Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles

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Toyota announced today that it will move its North American headquarters from Torrance to the Dallas area.

Toyota Leaving Torrance for Texas

Toyota announced today that it will move its North American headquarters from Torrance to the Dallas area.

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In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were herded into prison camps in the name of national security.

Japanese-American Who Defied US Government in WWII Has Died

In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were herded into prison camps in the name of national security.

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