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Nikkei Student Union Co-Founders Reflect on NSU’s Early Days and Legacy
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Rafu Shimpo
By MICHELLE TIOKen Minami and brothers Albert Saisho and Kenji Saisho co-founded the Nikkei Student Union, a Japanese American student organization, in the early 1980s.
While the Nikkei Student Union began at UCLA, it has now expanded, with 12 NSUs in Southern California alone.
Rafu: What year was the Nikkei Student Union founded, and what grade levels were you in?
Rafu: Why was the Nikkei Student Union founded?
And it creates that sense of family and the local Japanese American community because that to me is an important piece.