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Dekasegi Story
Episode 45: I'm glad Fujiko is Japanese!
The Ozaki family was a large one. The eldest and second sons were married and lived together with t…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Jan. 16, 2024

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers identity Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan
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Obituary: Alan Nishio, 78; Beloved Civil Rights and Community Leader
Alan Takeshi Nishio passed away on Dec. 27 at his home in Gardena, surrounded by family, after batt…

The Rafu Shimpo • Jan. 15, 2024

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Alan Nishio civil rights leadership obituaries redress movement
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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago
Chapter 5—Last Years in Chicago
Read Part 4 >> Reaching a Turning Point During the war, in a statement to Asia and the…

Takako Day • Jan. 14, 2024

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Chicago dentistry Illinois Isamu Tashiro Kimiko Mukai Tashiro medicine United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #We Shifted in 2022: "The Truth is Out There..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 13, 2024

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cartoonists cartoons conspiracy theories humor
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Memorializing a Shared History Between Native and Japanese American Communities at Fort Lincoln
In September, I had the privilege of attending the ground blessing ceremony for the Snow Country …

Brian Niiya • Jan. 12, 2024

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American Indians Bismarck colleges Department of Justice camps Fort Lincoln internment camp historic sites history indigenous peoples Japanese Americans memorials Native Americans North Dakota Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial United States United Tribes Technical College World War II World War II camps
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On Nikkei
No. 42 Japanese Australians during the war - Reading "Records of the Internment of Japanese Australians"
It is well known that with the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japanese and Japanese-Americans in the …

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 12, 2024

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Australia concentration camps education imprisonment incarceration Japanese prisoners prisoners of war teaching Unwanted Aliens (book) World War II World War II camps Yuriko Nagata
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Finding Joy in Cuba
It’s hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged. It’s a place t…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 11, 2024

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Cuba governments justice law politics Sharon Yamato travel United States
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The Eternal Beauty of DECO Clay Art
DECO Clay Craft Academy Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary* In life, finding your way on a path is no…

Lois Kajiwara • Jan. 10, 2024

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business DECO Clay Craft Art Academy decorative arts economics family-owned businesses handicrafts Hawaii Kazuko Miyai management polymer clay United States Yukiko Miyai
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Growing up with the Nikkei community
Medical technologist Pedro Ruiz's relationship with the Nikkei community began in 1980, when h…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Jan. 10, 2024

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Japanese language newspapers journalism journalists laboratory technicians La Union School (Lima, Peru) medical technologists newspapers Pedro Ruiz Peru Peru Shimpo (newspaper)
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A Circus in Tulare: The Story of Congressman Alfred Elliott and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> The next task on Elliott’s political agenda was to extend the bo…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 9, 2024

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California imprisonment incarceration temporary detention centers Tulare temporary detention center United States United States Congress World War II World War II camps
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