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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “How're You Doing?…” Check back every weekend for ...
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Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1943. My uncle Kenney Miyake visited us. Uncle Kenney is my mother’s brother. They were born in Portland, Oregon. He wore ...
This month I wanted to leave the theme open and invite two young voices who are both incredibly active in community building work here in ...
MUKILTEO — Judy Kusakabe’s life began at the Puyallup fairgrounds. It was Camp Harmony then. Barbed wire surrounded the grounds. Guards with guns were positioned ...
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On still-damp, foggy mornings after the rain has cleared, Sayuri Shinya and her husband drive from their home in the San Francisco Bay Area and ...
In a small plaza off Potrero Grande Drive in Monterey Park there’s an eye-catching new storefront—a bright and authentic likeness of one of ...
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Only in Japan - Imperial Edition…” Check back every weekend ...
Congratulations to author and cultural manager Thomas Girst for providing the literary and historical commentary appended to the new German translation of John Okada’s ...
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“Oh, this photo is evaporating. It needs to be copied right away,” says my friend Michael Sullivan. We’re looking through a black and white ...
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[In April 2017 I was asked to speak on what my Japanese American identity means to me, and how that informs my values of social ...
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