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Gijiu Kitazawa (left) started the Kitazawa Seed Company back in 1917. He had to restart the company after his family was sent to a prison camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.

How a Japanese American business survived World War II and tied together two families

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A Japanese immigrant named Gijiu Kitazawa started his seed company in 1917 in San Jose, California. A century later, it’s still in business — but it wasn’t always easy.

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