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Edmonia White Grant: A Black Woman Standing Up for Japanese Americans

While West Coast anti-Asian racism is well-known as a cause of the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, the complex history of ...

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Science and Serendipity

John Mitani spent his entire faculty career at University of Michigan (U-M), a career that was not available to either of his parents. Now the ...

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Larry Matsuda, A Masterful Life - Part 1

Larry Matsuda, higher education Ph.D. Racial/social-justice activist leader. Accomplished educator. Award-winning author, poet, and more. This writer was intrigued to explore what is ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #From 3/14/2020 - Present: "Adventure Time..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “My Secret Adventures During Self-Isolation” Check back every weekend ...

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The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists' Families

Yozaemon Kondo, Vancouver Asahi’s first player　

The legendary Vancouver Asahi, strongest Nikkei baseball team before WWⅡ, was little known in Japan. However, their induction news in 2003 and 2005 became a ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Hailing

This month, we are honored to again feature the fierce Miya Iwataki, a veteran activist, core member of NCRR (Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress), and ...

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A young Japanese American teenager trapped in postwar Japan for 13 years

Moldering away in the concentration camps during WWII as a kid was bad enough, but repatriating to Japan right afterwards was something else again. My ...

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Nikkei and Praying for Good Fortune and Success: How an Ancient Story Teaches resilience for Economic Uncertainty and Opportunity

As is customary in Japan and throughout the Japanese diaspora, many Nikkei Entrepreneurs pray for good fortune in business, success in life, and divine protection ...

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Kaku Sudo: The First Japanese-American Female Physician - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Visit to America Kaku Sudo, Hana Abe, and Dr. Kelsey set out for America from Yokohama in 1891. First, they went to ...

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Kaku Sudo: The First Japanese-American Female Physician - Part 1

In October 2011, I received an email from Mr. Rysuke Kawai, who is a famous non-fiction writer and has published many excellent books, including Yamato ...