ABSTRACT
The Japanese immigrants naturally inherited much of the anti-Orientalism that had long been directed against Chinese. While tens of thousands of Chinese poured into California after 1850, the Japanese government kept severe restrictions on out-migration. The response of leaders of the Japanese community was the formation of a Japanese Association of America to represent the interests of the new immigrants. The new Japanese residents had long experience with public education and believed it could promote their economic and social well-being. The attitude of the Japanese government was duly noted by Japanese-language newspapers in San Francisco. The Japanese American was sure that every resident Japanese backed by the sympathetic outburst at home, will participate in the struggle with that vigor and tenacity that won us the heights of Hansha and the impregnable redoubts of 208-meter. The Japanese school board became more cooperative with camp authorities, and the Greater East Asia school was renamed the Tule Lake Language School.
