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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 21, 2023

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Reflections on a Concocted Conversation

One of the first books of fiction published in the post-World War II era to reference the wartime…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 16, 2023

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Journal Entry #At Least 195 Degrees...: "Unusual Tastes..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 14, 2023

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'A Heuristic Model' for Historians to Emulate with Other Camps

Having read in Saara Kekki’s Acknowledgements within the book under review that its content…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Jan. 8, 2023

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Journal Entry #About 3.4 Million in 2021: "SCARY!..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 7, 2023

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Nikkei in Motown: Masao Hirata, Diego Rivera, and Japanese in Detroit

One of the splendors of the city of Detroit is the Detroit Art Institute, a museum that boasts co…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 4, 2023

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Miye Sugino—Art as Advocacy: “To me, art is a reclamation of identity”

As one of JANM’s 30 Changemakers Under 30, Miye Sugino had amassed an impressive body of wo…

Esther Newman • Jan. 2, 2023

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Journal Entry #2023: "I Resolve to Win the Lotto..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 31, 2022

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Journal Entry #70 MM, B.C.: "Santa Claus is coming to town!"

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 24, 2022

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Ancestry & Artistry: The Works of Annie Sumi

Japanese Canadian Annie Sumi is many things: songwriter, ethereal folk artist, and, recently, co-cr…

Kyra Karatsu • Dec. 22, 2022

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Journal Entry #78.79 Years: "This Mortal Coil..."

Reflections on a Concocted Conversation

Journal Entry #At Least 195 Degrees...: "Unusual Tastes..."

'A Heuristic Model' for Historians to Emulate with Other Camps

Journal Entry #About 3.4 Million in 2021: "SCARY!..."

Nikkei in Motown: Masao Hirata, Diego Rivera, and Japanese in Detroit

Miye Sugino—Art as Advocacy: “To me, art is a reclamation of identity”

Journal Entry #2023: "I Resolve to Win the Lotto..."

Journal Entry #70 MM, B.C.: "Santa Claus is coming to town!"

Ancestry & Artistry: The Works of Annie Sumi