• Minoru Yasui (安井稔, Yasui Minoru, October 19, 1916 – November 12, 1986) was an American lawyer from Oregon.
  • Minoru Yasui was most well-known for his courageous stand against military orders that resulted in the forced removal and imprisonment of over 110,000 persons...
  • I am honored and privileged to serve as President of the Minoru Yasui Inn of Court for the 2023-2024 year.
  • In 2016, Minoru Yasui’s centennial, the Oregon Legislature unanimously enacted a statute designating March 28 as Minoru Yasui Day in perpetuity.
  • Born and raised in Hood River, Oregon, Yasui was the first Japanese American admitted to the Oregon Bar Association.
  • One of the members of the Minoru Yasui American Inn of Court is Adam Minoru Yasui Estacio, the great-nephew of Yasui.
  • March 28: Minoru Yasui Day designated by the State of Oregon--the date in 1942 he deliberately broke the curfew that was placed on all people of Japanese...
  • Over the June 25-26 weekend, there were two Minoru (“Min”) Yasui events, a documentary film screening and panel discussion at the Wing Luke...
  • Minoru “Min” Yasui was one of four Japanese Americans who fought the legality of exclusion and/or detention during World War II all the way to the Supreme...
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  • Minoru Yasui deliberately broke the curfew in Portland, Oregon, United States by walking around the downtown area after 2000 hours.
  • Yasui is remembered and honored in several ways: a bust stands in the Sakura Square garden, a Denver City and County building is named the Minoru Yasui...
  • Minoru Yasui was arrested in 1942 for defying curfew restrictions imposed on Japanese Americans, marking the first legal test against the internment policy.
  • Eighty years later, on March 26, 2022, the Minoru Yasui Legacy Project celebrated his legacy with a program, “Taking a Stand Against Racism and Discrimination.”