Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

Journalist and filmmaker Yayoi Lena Winfrey is looking for more Japanese “war brides” to interview as she completes the filming for her feature-length documentary film, “War Brides of Japan.” With ...

IRONTON -- Three members of the Ohio University-Southern faculty are heading to Japan this fall to do a documentary on Japanese war brides. Miki Ward Crawford, an associate professor of communication ...

During the early 20th century, Japanese matchmakers would arrange marriages between single women in Japan seeking husbands in Hawai‘i, and Japanese bachelors in Hawai‘i who desired to marry and raise ...

Dale Burk brought his bride, Wakako, to Trego, after getting being stationed by the U.S. Navy in Tokyo. Wakako, known as Katie, worked at the Elks Lodge in Kalispell for 35 years; she died two years ...

It's not the kind of job most Harvard women look for. WANTED: Princess/Future Empress. Qualifications. Shorter than the 5-foot-5 prince, virgin, no pierced ears. But after some high-pressure ...