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Suma Sugi Yokotake – The Woman Who Became The First Japanese American Lobbyist - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Upon her return to Los Angeles, the Los Angeles JACL and the Rafu Shimpo fete…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 8, 2024

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Suma Sugi Yokotake – The Woman Who Became The First Japanese American Lobbyist - Part 1
One of the greatest accomplishments of the Japanese American Citizens League has been its success i…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 7, 2024

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The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part II—From Japan to Peru
Read Part 1 >>  In June 1938, Urbain-Marie Cloutier/Yonekawa was sent to Peru. During…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 3, 2024

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Amazon River Region Brazil Calixte Gelinas Canada Catholicism clergy Japan Lima Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries Peru Quebec religion Religious leaders Seitado Kitada
Amazon River Region Brazil Calixte Gelinas Canada Catholicism clergy Japan Lima Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries Peru Quebec religion Religious leaders Seitado Kitada
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The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part I—From Quebec to Japan
During the early years of the 20th century, Japanese immigrants to the West Coast of Canada, like t…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 2, 2024

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Canada Catholicism citizenship Egypt Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries naturalization Quebec religion
Canada Catholicism citizenship Egypt Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries naturalization Quebec religion
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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago
Chapter 3—For Young Nisei and Their Future
Read Part 2 >> Inspiring Young Nisei  One of Tashiro’s most important conce…

Takako Day • Dec. 24, 2023

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Chicago generations Hawaii Illinois Isamu Tashiro Japanese American Citizens League Nisei United States
Chicago generations Hawaii Illinois Isamu Tashiro Japanese American Citizens League Nisei United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Auterity
Barely coming from the mushroom of 1945, my maternal and paternal grandparents. Dreaming of new adv…

Tereza Yamashita • Nov. 15, 2023

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Brazil families names São Paulo surnames
Brazil families names São Paulo surnames
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 7—Home Leaver
I once met a travelling monk from Japan. After a full career and family life, he retired from both …

Lon Kurashige • Oct. 27, 2023

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Buddhism Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) Japan meditation religions zazen (meditation) Zen Buddhism
Buddhism Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) Japan meditation religions zazen (meditation) Zen Buddhism
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 6—Three Nuns
Haunting drumbeats from the soundtrack of Lost in Translation put me into a nostalgic trance as I s…

Lon Kurashige • Sept. 29, 2023

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Buddhism Eiheiji Fukui Prefecture religion religions Zen
Buddhism Eiheiji Fukui Prefecture religion religions Zen
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An Inquiry into the Kibei-Nisei ‘Diasporic Experiences’
I feel a close kinship with this remarkable book by Michael R. Jin. In 2013, I was privileged to re…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 1, 2023

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Arthur A. Hansen book reviews Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless (book) generations human geography Japanese Americans Japanese diaspora Kibei Michael R. Jin Nisei prewar reviews transnationalism World War II
Arthur A. Hansen book reviews Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless (book) generations human geography Japanese Americans Japanese diaspora Kibei Michael R. Jin Nisei prewar reviews transnationalism World War II
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Mules on Izenajima, Okinawa
Did you know there are mules on Izenajima (Izena Island)? Well, recently there were two roaming aro…

Colin Y. Sewake • July 3, 2023

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families identity Izena Island Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
families identity Izena Island Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
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