Kyutaro abiko biography

  • Kyutaro Abiko (安孫子 久太郎, Abiko Kyūtarō, 1865–1936) was a Japanese-born American businessman and newspaper editor.
  • Kyutaro Abiko (1865-1936) was a newspaper editor and community leader in the pre-World War II Japanese American San Francisco community.
  • Kyutaro Abiko was a Japanese-born American businessman and newspaper editor.

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    Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 23

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    KYUTARO ABIKO: NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, BANKER, FARM COLONY PIONEER

    One of the most respected Issei leaders on the Mainland was Kyutaro Abiko who believed that a solution to the anti-Japanese movement was permanent settlement.  As published of the Nichibei Shimbun, which had the largest circulation in the continental U.S., he influenced many with his ideas about race relations in America. Blaming the sojourning mentality for the many shortcomings in the immigrant society, he exhorted his countrymen to sink roots in America and make a commitment to the soil.  An early advocate of the picture bride marriage, he urged Issei men to call for their wives.  He knew that the start of family life would encourage permanent settlement and eliminate gambling and other undesirable elements of the transient lifestyle.1

    Portrait of Kyutaro Abiko (Gift of Yasuo William Abiko Family, Japanese A

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    Kyutaro Abiko

    was a Japanese-born American businessman and newspaper editor. Abiko was born in 1865 in Suibara, Niigata prefecture, Japan. He was raised by his maternal grandparents after the death of his mother. He worked as a youngster in the family business, being tasked with selling candles and paper in villages close to his home. At age 17, Abiko travelled with several friends to Tokyo, where he settled and worked. Abiko intended to move to the US, so he enrolled in English classes. He converted to Christianity in 1883. Sponsored by the Fukuinkai (Gospel Society), he emigrated to the United States in 1885. He arrived in San Francisco with only $1 in his hands in 1885. He obtained employment in a private home doing domestic chores, and began attending Lincoln Grammar School. After his graduation from Lincoln Grammar School, he attended the University of California at Berkeley. After his graduation, he used his savings to start a laundry business. Soon afterwards, he established

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    Kyutaro Abiko

    Kyutaro Abiko (安孫子 久太郎, Abiko Kyūtarō, 1865–1936) was a Japanese-born American businessman and newspaper editor.

    Childhood

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    Abiko was born in 1865 in Suibara, Niigata prefecture, Japan. He was raised by his maternal grandparents after the death of his mother.[1] He worked as a youngster in the family business, being tasked with selling candles and paper in villages close to his home. At age 17, Abiko travelled with several friends to Tokyo, where he settled and worked. Abiko intended to move to the US, so he enrolled in English classes. He converted to Christianity in 1883. Sponsored bygd the Fukuinkai (Gospel Society), he emigrated to the United States in 1885.

    Arrival in the United States

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    He arrived in San Francisco with only $1 in his hands in 1885. He obtained employment in a private home doing domestic chores, and began attending Lincoln Grammar School. After his graduation from Lincoln Grammar School, he attended the University