Koichi Kaminishi (96), the last living member of the Vancouver Asahi, a storied Japanese-Canadian baseball team active from 1914 until Canada’s mass internment of Japanese during World War II, recently reflected on the team and his wartime experiences. Read more here. A movie about the team was released in 2014. Read more here.
Remembering the Vancouver Asahi, A New Generation of Youth Teams Keep Legacy Alive
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