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Kazuo Yamaguchi

Luckily for us growing up in New York City, there was very little discrimination. And my dad beca…

Emiko Tsuchida • Oct. 13, 2017

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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Yes, It Matters: Nisei Cuisine and Japanese American Identity

I have, for years, advocated the celebration and codification of a uniquely Japanese American cultu…

Tamio Spiegel • Oct. 6, 2017

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Isamu Noguchi - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Did he choose Poston due to it being on an American Indian reservat…

Emiko Tsuchida • Sept. 27, 2017

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We Should Listen

I had the extraordinary experience of getting to know a Nisei solider before he died in 2013. His…

Sandra Vea • Sept. 26, 2017

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Reading Japanese American Literature

15th "Collection of Hisae Yamamoto's Works - "Seventeen Characters" and 18 other pieces"

Born in August 1921 in Redondo Beach, Southern California, Hisaye Yamamoto was one of the earliest …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 22, 2017

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Isamu Noguchi - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Do you also feel that something about Isamu Noguchi’s mixed-r…

Emiko Tsuchida • Sept. 20, 2017

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Isamu Noguchi - Part 1

“I begin to see the peculiar tragedy of the Nisei as that of a generation of transition acc…

Emiko Tsuchida • Sept. 13, 2017

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14th "Year of Meat"

Being a Japanese minority in America is a major creative motivation for the novelist, and his work …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 8, 2017

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A Remarkable Nisei Love Story: Tacoma’s Kimi and George Tanbara

In past columns for Discover Nikkei, I’ve written about the challenges of finding Japanese Am…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 7, 2017

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Robert Tanaka - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Bob, can I go back? Do you remember your experience going from Watsonville to…

Emiko Tsuchida • June 29, 2017

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