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The Legacy of ABC Stores
The year 2024 will mark the 60th anniversary that the Kosasa family has owned and operated ABC Stor…

Lois Kajiwara • Dec. 12, 2023

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business economics family-owned businesses Hawaii management United States
business economics family-owned businesses Hawaii management United States
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The Little Immigrant — Part 2: Brushstrokes of history
*Continued from part 1 , the following story is told by the author's father, Masao Nakachi, fro…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Dec. 11, 2023

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generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lima Masao Nakachi migration Peru
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 3: Aiko Tashiro—Writer, Musician, and Activist
Among the five accomplished children of Aijiro Tashiro, daughter Aiko was perhaps the one who had t…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 11, 2023

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activism Connecticut Japan journalism journalists social action United States
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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago
Chapter 1—From Hawai‘i to the Midwest
In the 1910s, a Nikkei visitor from Hawai‘i once wrote a newspaper column expressing his su…

Takako Day • Dec. 10, 2023

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baseball Chicago Hawaii Illinois Midwest Region (U.S.) United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #A5 Loin: "$300 Per Pound..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 9, 2023

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beef cartoonists cartoons Christmas humor meat wagyu beef
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Tokita Tales
You’re Kidding — A Military Career?
I can’t believe I did that! A 24-year military career? Me? Someone who purposely scheduled cl…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 8, 2023

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draft Korean War, 1950-1953 national service
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The Loose Pages flew, flew... to the sky
It is with great sadness that I have to say that my dear friend Lucho Iguchi , who wrote articles w…

Carlos Saito Saito • Dec. 8, 2023

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Peru
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Cousins Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro Share Their Grandmother’s Story in New Children’s Book
For authors and cousins Janis Bridger and Lara Okihiro, family stories and history were shared in…

Kelly Fleck • Dec. 7, 2023

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books Canada children's books families library materials publications
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The Little Match Girl — Debut Ballet Performer Yurino Niyama
From the very young age of three, Yurino Niyama has always known she wanted to be a ballet dancer. …

Ashley Valdes • Dec. 6, 2023

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ballet generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Nikkei film audiovisual creators
Today's world is a movie. Everyone consumes, through cinema, digital platforms and other media,…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 6, 2023

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documentaries films Kaori Flores Yonekura Peru producers
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