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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 1
According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago “has been and remains a world-class religio…

Takako Day • Dec. 6, 2018

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Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
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Kendo Koi and Junsaku Mizusawa: Japanese doctors in Veracruz and Oaxaca
In 1897, Japanese workers began to arrive in Mexico as part of the friendship agreement that was si…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Nov. 2, 2018

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citizenship generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Junsaku Mizusawa Kendo Koi Mexico migration naturalization Oaxaca Otatitlán Papaloapan physicians Veracruz
citizenship generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Junsaku Mizusawa Kendo Koi Mexico migration naturalization Oaxaca Otatitlán Papaloapan physicians Veracruz
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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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generations George Tanbara Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Kimi Tanbara Nisei pediatricians physicians Tacoma United States Washington World War II camps Wyoming
generations George Tanbara Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Kimi Tanbara Nisei pediatricians physicians Tacoma United States Washington World War II camps Wyoming
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4 Bad Ass Issei Women You've Probably Never Heard of
If you’re into strong women who like to color outside the lines and aren’t afraid to ta…

Nina Nobuko Wallace +1 • May 22, 2017

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activism artists California Densho generations Hawaii immigrants immigration Ishiko Shibuya Mori Issei Japan Japanese language newspapers midwives migration Mitsu Yashima newspapers Nichibei Shimbun (newspaper) physicians San Francisco Seattle social action Tome Yasutake United States Washington women Yonako Tsuda Abiko
activism artists California Densho generations Hawaii immigrants immigration Ishiko Shibuya Mori Issei Japan Japanese language newspapers midwives migration Mitsu Yashima newspapers Nichibei Shimbun (newspaper) physicians San Francisco Seattle social action Tome Yasutake United States Washington women Yonako Tsuda Abiko
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Japanese Hospital: Keeping the Community Healthy
Beginning in the late 19th century, boosters of Los Angeles touted the region’s sunshine and …

Michael Okamura +2 • April 7, 2017

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Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws architects Boyle Heights California communities generations health hospitals immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese hospitals J. Marion Wright Kikuwo Tashiro land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration postwar prewar Sei Fujii United States United States Supreme Court World War II Yos Hirose (architect)
Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws architects Boyle Heights California communities generations health hospitals immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese hospitals J. Marion Wright Kikuwo Tashiro land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration postwar prewar Sei Fujii United States United States Supreme Court World War II Yos Hirose (architect)
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Rebel With a Cause: The Doc Nikaido Story
When Dr. Harry Nikaido passed away on November 11, 1975, the town of Bow Island, Alberta lost not o…

John Endo Greenaway • Sept. 27, 2016

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Alberta Bow Island Bretton Loney Canada physicians Rebel with a Cause (book)
Alberta Bow Island Bretton Loney Canada physicians Rebel with a Cause (book)
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Radiating Distress: The Story of the American Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Fight for Compensation from the U.S. Government - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> In the late 1970s, the American hibakusha continued their fight for retributio…

Jordan Helfand • Oct. 29, 2014

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activism atomic bomb atomic bomb survivors discrimination governments healthcare hibakusha interpersonal relations Japanese Americans medical care physicians racism radiation social action World War II
activism atomic bomb atomic bomb survivors discrimination governments healthcare hibakusha interpersonal relations Japanese Americans medical care physicians racism radiation social action World War II
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Radiating Distress: The Story of the American Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Fight for Compensation from the U.S. Government - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> For many years the hibakusha’s psychological and emotional wounds fester…

Jordan Helfand • Oct. 28, 2014

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activism atomic bomb atomic bomb survivors discrimination governments healthcare hibakusha interpersonal relations Japanese Americans medical care physicians racism radiation social action World War II
activism atomic bomb atomic bomb survivors discrimination governments healthcare hibakusha interpersonal relations Japanese Americans medical care physicians racism radiation social action World War II
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Radiating Distress: The Story of the American Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Fight for Compensation from the U.S. Government - Part 1
Dr. Mitsuo Inouye, born on April 27, 1925 to Japanese American immigrant parents living in Californ…

Jordan Helfand • Oct. 27, 2014

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activism atomic bomb atomic bomb survivors discrimination governments healthcare hibakusha interpersonal relations Japanese Americans medical care physicians racism radiation social action World War II
activism atomic bomb atomic bomb survivors discrimination governments healthcare hibakusha interpersonal relations Japanese Americans medical care physicians racism radiation social action World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #11 Incarnations So Far: "Doctor! Doctor!..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 6, 2013

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cartoonists cartoons humor physicians
cartoonists cartoons humor physicians
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