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Dan Toru Nishikawa

AKA: Toru Nishikawa; 西川徹
Released
Date of birth:1906
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Hawaii
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 7 Months
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Dan Toru Nishikawa

Biography

Dan Toru Nishikawa was a Honolulu newspaper salesman, born in Hawaii and educated in Japan. During US wartime civilian incarceration he was arrested in October 1942, held at Sand Island until March 1943, and then at Honouliuli until May 1944. JCCH reports eighteen months of confinement before parole in May 1944; release from parole followed in March 1945. His detention placed financial strain on his wife Grace and son Albert. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/nishikawa-dan-toru

Photo source: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi. Dan Toru Nishikawa. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection. Source image reproduced without alteration.

Case

Arrested: October 1942
Incarcerated: October 1942
Released: May 1944
Sentence: Administrative wartime confinement, not an established criminal conviction or imposed judicial term. JCCH reports eighteen months actually confined before May 1944 parole, distinct from March 1945 release from parole. Exact days unverified. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/nishikawa-dan-toru