Biography
Koji Ariyoshi was the editor of the Honolulu Record, a progressive labor weekly, and a World War II veteran who had served with the U.S. mission to the Chinese Communists. He was one of the 'Hawaii Seven' arrested under the Smith Act in 1951; convicted in 1953, his conviction was reversed after Yates.
The Fujimoto court record and the Supreme Court’s Sawyer opinion identify Jon Wiig as the judge presiding over the Hawaii Smith Act trial.
Court records name Koji Ariyoshi. Fisk reports a week jailed awaiting post-verdict bail; convictions were reversed in January 1958.
Fujimoto, 107 F. Supp. 865, counsel roster; Fisk, The Fire Last Time, printed pages 3026–3027.
