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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: My Japanese Family’s Migration to Cuba - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Alicia’s sister, Josefa (Sizue) Yoshimura, was two years younger, and h…

Chris Cheng • Aug. 30, 2016

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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: My Japanese Family’s Migration to Cuba - Part 1

I would like to take the opportunity to tell the tale of my great grandfather who traveled from Jap…

Chris Cheng • Aug. 29, 2016

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My first encounter with immigration studies

I am truly grateful for my encounter with migration studies. I think there were two factors that le…

Shigeru Kojima • July 26, 2016

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The Japanese Face

Recently, I looked up from reading a newspaper in a Rainier Valley shop to see a middle-aged Southe…

David Yamaguchi • May 31, 2016

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The Remarkable Life and Times of Grace Eiko Thomson - Part 1

“I believe art is about finding one’s place, the journey not limited by one’s o…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 12, 2016

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Mitsuko Kasuga: Passion for Tanka in Mexico and Japan

Mitsuko Osaka was born in 1914 in the small town of Ina, Nagano Prefecture, the second of four daug…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • April 1, 2016

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Stories to remember: The Okuyamas. Four generations of a Nikkei family in Peru

The Okuyama family is one of the few Nikkei families in Peru that are fortunate to have an Issei at…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • March 2, 2016

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Vegetables brought by Japanese immigrants, part 2

Read Part 1 >> "It was probably from 1960 to 1964. My father and my brothers were sellin…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Feb. 17, 2016

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The genealogy of "left-wing intellectuals": A unique group of Brazilian immigrants who lived romantic lives - Part 1

Although they are simply referred to as "Japanese immigrants in Brazil," each person has …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 28, 2016

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Art Miki: Canadian Redress Leader and Human Rights Champion - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Why is the NAJC still relevant today? The NAJC has an important role to pl…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 14, 2016

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