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The First Recorded Japanese in Australia: Steve Dawson’s Family Story — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Japan entered World War I in August 1914 on the side of the Entente Allies, a…

Steve Dawson • May 31, 2024

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acrobats family histories genealogy Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 (Australia) Iwakichi Togawa Japanese Australians Rikinosuke Sakuragawa
acrobats family histories genealogy Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 (Australia) Iwakichi Togawa Japanese Australians Rikinosuke Sakuragawa
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The First Recorded Japanese in Australia: Steve Dawson’s Family Story — Part 1
It is a privilege to be able to write about my family’s ancestral Japanese roots, especiall…

Steve Dawson • May 30, 2024

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acrobats family histories genealogy Herberton Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 (Australia) Iwakichi Togawa Japanese Australians New Zealand Queensland Rikinosuke Sakuragawa
acrobats family histories genealogy Herberton Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 (Australia) Iwakichi Togawa Japanese Australians New Zealand Queensland Rikinosuke Sakuragawa
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Ritsuko Kashiba, Seattle Chapter President of the American Calligraphy Research Association — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Calligraphy as a part of life His encounter with calligraphy in 1978 was als…

Hitomi Kato • May 29, 2024

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calligraphy penmanship Ritsuko Kashiba Seattle United States Washington writing
calligraphy penmanship Ritsuko Kashiba Seattle United States Washington writing
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Ritsuko Kashiba, Seattle Chapter President of the American Calligraphy Association — Part 1
She moved to the United States at the age of 17 and got married at 21. Since then, she has been bus…

Hitomi Kato • May 28, 2024

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immigrants immigration Japan Kumamoto Prefecture migration restaurants Seattle Shiro Kashiba Sushi Kashiba (restaurant) United States Washington
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David Yamahata: From Studying Dentistry to Being the First Japanese American Fire Captain
In the eyes of many Nisei parents, being “successful” in life meant their Sansei chil…

Soji Kashiwagi • May 27, 2024

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California communities David Yamashita festivals fire fighters generations Japanese Americans Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Sansei United States
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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered
Part III—the 1930s
Read Part II >>  Ken Nakazawa would have defined himself as an internationalist. Throug…

Greg Robinson • May 26, 2024

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1930s governments international relations journalism Ken Nakazawa politics
1930s governments international relations journalism Ken Nakazawa politics
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Making People Ill Since '74: "Furious Femmes..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 25, 2024

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cartoonists cartoons fiction humor women
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A wonderful challenge: reflections on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
It is wonderful what human beings can do when they set their minds to it. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Ga…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • May 24, 2024

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athletics COVID-19 Japan Japanese Peruvians Olympic Games (2020, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Peru running skateboarding sports
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
No. 15 Global logistics company Nippon Express Brazil
In the 15th episode, we spoke with Tomomi Takimoto, President of Nippon Express (NX) Brazil. Fou…

Tomoko Oura • May 23, 2024

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Brazil Japanese business enterprises logistics Nippon Express Brazil
Brazil Japanese business enterprises logistics Nippon Express Brazil
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From the interior of São Paulo to the roads of the world
From Yamanashi province, Japan, to Brazil. Cecilia Kondo's parents, aged 59, settled in Pereira Bar…

Tatiana Maebuchi • May 22, 2024

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Brazil Cecilia Kondo Japanese Brazilians motorcycles São Paulo
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