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The
Nihonmachi Outreach
Committee will present its 46th annual Day of
Remembrance on Sunday, February 15, 2026, from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. The event commemorates Executive Order 9066
signed by President Franklin Roosevelt which led to the
forced removal and incarceration of over
125,000 persons of Japanese descent during World War
II.
This year’s theme “Neighbors Not Enemies”
refers to the legislation that would repeal the outdated
and discriminatory
Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The
Neighbors Not Enemies Coalition of San Jose Japantown
was created in 2025 to support public education on the
Alien Enemies Act, advocate for the
Neighbors Not Enemies
Act, and stand up for our neighbors who are
currently being targeted by racist immigration policies
and denials of their due process rights. Nihonmachi
Outreach Committee and
Asian Law
Alliance are members of this large coalition.
Richard Konda, Executive Director of
Asian Law Alliance, is the featured guest speaker.
The program will include community speakers, the
traditional candle light ceremony with survivors of the
World War II incarceration camps, the candle light
procession through historic San Jose Japantown, and
ukulele artist Jake Shimada.
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