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The Chicago Nisei Before World War II - Part 1
In Japanese American history, Chicago is known as one of the primary urban relocation areas for t…

Takako Day • March 21, 2018

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ancestry.com Chicago generations Illinois intermarriage interracial marriages Japanese Americans Japanese language schools language schools marriages Nisei prewar resettlements United States World War II
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Nikkei Car Clubs
Don Mizota was born in Los Angeles in 1940 and as a toddler, he and his family spent the wartime ye…

Oliver Wang • March 12, 2018

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1950s automobiles California car clubs clubs Don Mizota generations motor vehicles Nisei postwar resettlements San Fernando Valley Sansei Southern California United States World War II
1950s automobiles California car clubs clubs Don Mizota generations motor vehicles Nisei postwar resettlements San Fernando Valley Sansei Southern California United States World War II
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Man Overcame Racism to Become Racing Legend
Kenny Hirata will tell you the most important thing to becoming a great race car driver is to con…

John Sammon • March 2, 2018

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Arizona armed forces California Cleveland concentration camps contests drag racing generations Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Indiana Kenny Hirata Nisei Ohio racing retired military personnel sports United States veterans war World War II camps
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Concepción Hiramuro and Francisco Akachi: Two lives of children of immigrants that converge
Concepción Michie Hiramuro and Francisco Yoshitaka Akachi married in the city of Guadalajara in 196…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Feb. 21, 2018

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families generations Guadalajara Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Mexico Mexico City migration Nisei World War II
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The Unsung History of the Japanese American Committee for Democracy
The Japanese American Committee for Democracy (JACD), a New York-based social and political group o…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 11, 2018

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activism generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Committee for Democracy (organization) migration New York (state) Nisei social action United States
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Venancio Shinki: father, nisei and artist - Part 2
Read part 1 >> A CONFLICT RESOLVED IN OLD AGE When Venancio Shinki was a child, being of Japa…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Dec. 15, 2017

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artists families generations Nisei Peruvians Venancio Shinki
artists families generations Nisei Peruvians Venancio Shinki
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Venancio Shinki: father, nisei and artist - Part 1
A little over a year ago, the painter Venancio Shinki Huamán, one of the great names of Peruvian ar…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Dec. 14, 2017

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artists families generations Nisei Peruvians Venancio Shinki
artists families generations Nisei Peruvians Venancio Shinki
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Nikkei View
A Salute to Our JA Veterans
When the word “veterans” comes up in conversations within the Japanese American communi…

Gil Asakawa • Nov. 30, 2017

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armed forces generations military Nisei retired military personnel veterans World War II
armed forces generations military Nisei retired military personnel veterans World War II
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Reading Japanese American Literature
17th 『Japan Boy』
Among Japanese Americans, there are people called "Kibei" (returning Americans). They wer…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 27, 2017

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generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Isao Otani Japan Japan Boy (book) Japanese Americans Kibei literature Nisei World War II
generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Isao Otani Japan Japan Boy (book) Japanese Americans Kibei literature Nisei World War II
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Canadian Nisei! You Know You’re Old When…
The Nisei—the group who suffered the most during the World War II incarceration of Japanese C…

Chuck Tasaka • Oct. 24, 2017

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Canada generations Japanese Canadians Nisei
Canada generations Japanese Canadians Nisei
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