Last member of historic Japanese-Canadian baseball team dies [Video]

The last surviving member of a storied Japanese Canadian baseball team has died at the age of 102 in Kamloops, B.C.

Kaye Kaminishi was a part of the legendary Vancouver Asahi team that played in the city from 1914 to 1941 before being disbanded due to the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. 

Earlier this year, Kaminishi accepted the honour of an official day, dubbed Vancouver Asahi Day, being declared on Jan. 11 in memory of the trailblazing team.

Kaminishi was remembered as someone who loved the sport of baseball but also used it as a way to reach out to others.

During the Second World War, Kaminishi and his teammates, along with 22,000 other Canadians of Japanese descent, were sent to internment camps — a slice of history featured in a Heritage Minutes video released in 2019.

“During internment, he was sent to East Lillooet and the Japanese Canadian …