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‘Paper Chase’ chronicles history through Japanese newspapers

  • COURTESY ZENTOKU FOUNDATION
                                “Paper Chase,” a documentary about Japanese-language newspapers in the U.S., was produced by the Zentoku Foundation. By the end of the 1930s, Japanese farmers, above, were a huge presence in the West Coast agricultural industry.

    COURTESY ZENTOKU FOUNDATION

    “Paper Chase,” a documentary about Japanese-language newspapers in the U.S., was produced by the Zentoku Foundation. By the end of the 1930s, Japanese farmers, above, were a huge presence in the West Coast agricultural industry.

In Hawaii alone, there were more than 20 Japanese publications between 1893 and 1942. Read more

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