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Kim Weiskopf: Comedy Writer
The late television writer/producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023 at the age of 101, has been celeb…

Greg Robinson • Feb. 2, 2024

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authors comedy communication Eileen Ito Weiskopf information theory Jewish Japanese Americans Kim Weiskopf producers racially mixed people sociology telecommunication television writers
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 7: Yamato Group's commitment to "Japanese flavors"
In the seventh episode, we spoke with Honda Minami, director of Yamato Group (represented by Honda …

Tomoko Oura • Feb. 2, 2024

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Brazil business cooking cuisine economics food Japanese business enterprises Japanese cuisine management restaurants São Paulo Yamato Comercial LDTA (firm)
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A Half Century of Preaching the Washoku Gospel
The celebrated chef Takeyuki Suetsugu recently spoke with former North American Post Editor Akiko K…

Akiko Kusunose • Feb. 1, 2024

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chefs cooking cuisine Japanese cuisine restaurants Seattle Takeyuki Suetsugu United States Washington washoku
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Jishuryo: Santa Beatriz School those times of our childhood — Part 2
Read part 1 >> At Jishuryo School, the afternoon classes were not as hard as the morning clas…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Jan. 31, 2024

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Lima Peru Santa Beatriz Jishuryo School schools
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The House I Live In: Frank Sinatra and Japanese Americans
Archival research is often like gambling; either you get boxes of files that either contain golden …

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 31, 2024

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Frank Sinatra Japanese Americans postwar resettlement race relations The House I Live In (film) tolerance United States United States Army War Relocation Authority World War II
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Jishuryo: Santa Beatriz School those times of our childhood — Part 1
A few days ago, after many years, I passed by Jishuryo (now Santa Beatriz Early Education Center), …

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Jan. 30, 2024

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Lima Peru Santa Beatriz Jishuryo School
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Bob Furuike: Creator of Delite-ful Pies at Gardena’s Pie Kitchen
Some of my favorite memories of childhood were of eating a slice of Citrus Delite pie, the signatur…

Gwen Muranaka • Jan. 30, 2024

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bakeries Bob Furuike California food Gardena Pie Kitchen (bakery) United States
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Book Review—White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver
“Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise yet again, especially since 2020 with the COVID-19…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 29, 2024

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Asian Canadians book reviews British Columbia Canada Canadians Henry Tsang history racism reviews tours Vancouver (B.C.) Vancouver riots walking tours White Riot (book)
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 2—Life in Postwar Japan: Hardships and Neighborly Support
Read Part 1 >> Difficult Relations with Relatives On October 2, 1946, the Hirai family boar…

Stan Kirk • Jan. 28, 2024

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barbering families generations Hirai family Japan Japanese Canadians Kika Nisei Miki Hirai Nisei postwar postwar Japan Shiga Prefecture Shigeru Hirai Taga (Shiga, Japan) World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #100,000 Follicles in Unison: "Yay Me!..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 27, 2024

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cartoonists cartoons everyday life humor
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