Toyosaki Shigemitsu

Toyosaki Shigemitsu

One of two Japanese Canadian individuals who legally challenged the deportation or "voluntary repatriation" through test cases in the BC Supreme Court. See Taniwa Norimichi and Denis Murphy.

Metadata

SurnameShigemitsu
ForenameToyosaki
Regularized NameToyosaki Shigemitsu

Terminology

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