politics en ja
Last September, Renho Murata, a councilor in Japan known as “Renhō”, was grilled at bringing a charge of False Entries in the Original of Notarized …
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These days, Sansei are running out of knowledgeable elders who can tell us of the past. Thus, when I had a chance to join Eileen …
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These last several weeks after this year’s presidential election, I have grieved for my community, one that is made up largely of people from a …
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As a journalist—a journalism student, I should say—I interview people almost every day. My job is to tell stories, about the places I go and …
food en ja
Pursuing Japanese food and service culture with American hospitality, a restaurant was opened last year near the Pike Place Market. Notable and legendary local chef …
Read Part 1 >> In June a friend invited me to join her and other members of the Japanese Student Association (JSA) of Seattle University …
In mid-May, I reconnected with Elaine Kitamura and her younger brother, Darrell Kitamura, through a friend of a friend. The Kitamuras are the siblings that …
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Man working in yard,No woman watching nearby;Is the man still wrong? Following the theme of the haiku, today we visit a specialty gardening store in …
sports en
Baseball players from the Stockton and Yamato teams around 1930. Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum [96.150]. Read …
A Southern friend of mine once told me that she moved to the West Coast because it was a place of destiny-making, a place where …
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