Ishigaki, Ayako, 1903-1996
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Ayako Ishigaki, born Tanaka Ayako (1903 – 1996) in Tokyo, Japan. She first came to the United States in 1926. Following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, Ishigaki became outspoken in protesting the Japanese military aggression in China, and reported on Japan for the left-wing magazine The New Masses. Her articles emphasized the negative impact of imperialism and industrialism on Japanese workers, particularly women. She used the pseudonym Haru Matsui and pen name May Tanaka. Ishigaki's memoir Restless Wave: A Life in Two Worlds, published as Haru Matsui in January 1940. In 1941, Ayako and her husband were forced to register as enemy aliens; they were not incarcerated due to their residence on the East Coast. In 1942, she began working for the Office of War Information.
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- Memoir
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- Journalist
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- 40, JP
- 00, US
