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Japanese American National Museum: Has exhibits on Japanese American history, with an emphasis on the wartime period. National Japanese American Historical Society: Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Connecticut College: web pages on Nikkei dekasegi in Japan. A very interesting series of pages on the lives and culture of dekasegi from Peru and Brazil in Japan. Japanese American National Library, 1619 Sutter Street P.O. Box 590598 San Francisco, CA 94159 (415)567-5006 Japanese American History Archives: 1840 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 776-0661: A collection of materials about the Nikkei communities of Northern California which specializes in Japanese language material. Nikkei Nexus: From Canada! Links and other contact information to organizations and individuals all over North America, but focusing on Canada. Hai-net: From Brazil! A comprehensive listing and set of links to events and organizations in Brazil, especially Sao Paulo. UCLA Asian American Studies Center: They have a library of Asian American materials which has a good Nikkei collection. Japanese American Network: A portal to Japanese American communities in the US. Strongest for Southern California. Japanese American Cultural and Community Center: A community center in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles which promotes Japanese and Japanese American culture. Japanese American Resource Center/Museum: A community organization which collects historical materials and information about the Japanese American communities in and around San Jose, California. Japanese Cultural Center 2454 South Beretania Street Honolulu, HI (808)945-7633: Promotes Japanese and Japanese Hawaiian culture and history. International Nikkei Research Project: Does research on and collects materials relating to Nikkei in the Western Hemisphere. Housed in the Japanese American National Museum Conscience and the Constitution: A site for the film, a documentary about the draft resisters of Heart Mountain, Wyoming, the War Relocation Authority Camp. It has a copy of the Lim Report, which was commissioned by the Japanese American Citizen's League, but censored by the organization after it was written.