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Dekasegi Story
Episode 46: Who is Rihana in the painting?
On her 27th birthday, Hana got married to her husband, Eiji, who was three years younger than her a…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Feb. 27, 2024

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan
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Alan Nishio—The Fighter Who Kept Defying the Odds
The first time I realized Alan Nishio’s health was in decline was on November 19, 2022 when I…

Guy Aoki • Feb. 26, 2024

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Alan Nishio civil rights communities health Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress redress movement
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 6—Life after Retirement and Vision for the Japanese Canadian Community
Read Chapter 5 >> From 2019 Shig and Akemi gradually started to retire from their groce…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 25, 2024

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada generations Japan Japanese Canadians Japanese prefectural associations Kika Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Nisei Shiga Prefecture youth
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Coined in '83: "They're All Around Us..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 24, 2024

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Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters
Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Nor…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 23, 2024

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Japanese Americans terminology World War II World War II camps
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On Nikkei
No. 45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of Anshuu (Darkness) — Part 1
Juliet Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-Ameri…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 23, 2024

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Anshu (book) atomic bomb survivors Buddhism hibakusha Juliet S. Kono literature religions translations
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Aiko Yamada: Eisa to Remember Peru
Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto grew up in Lima, Peru, but her connection to traditional eisa dance of Okinaw…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 22, 2024

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Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto culture eisa (dance) folk dances Okinawa Peru Seiryu Eisa Kai Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)
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Was it Written in the Stars?—Pali Ka‘aihue: Discovering Life’s Nonstop Adventures — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> LK: Who did you turn to when you needed advice? PK: I’ve been very for…

Lois Kajiwara • Feb. 21, 2024

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Hawaii Hokkaido Prefecture Japan musicians Pali Ka‘aihue producers TV shows United States
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Was it Written in the Stars?—Pali Ka‘aihue: Discovering Life’s Nonstop Adventures — Part 1
At the age of five, Pali Ka‘aihue was introduced to music and KIKU-TV, two key elements that …

Lois Kajiwara • Feb. 20, 2024

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Hawaii Hokkaido Prefecture Japan music musicians Pali Ka‘aihue producers TV shows United States
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My Japanese Canadian New Year
When Lunar New Year celebrations are underway, I often get asked if I celebrate Lunar New Year. I l…

Lorene Oikawa • Feb. 19, 2024

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families food genealogy Japanese Canadians Japanese food New Year traditions
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