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Japanese people are crazy
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard the phrase “Japanese people are all crazy!”. I will te…

Hudson Okada • July 3, 2017

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Brazil culture identity
Brazil culture identity
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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture
The influence of Japanese cuisine in Brazil – yesterday, today and tomorrow
Japanese immigrants came to Brazil in the last century to work on coffee plantations with the dream…

Alba Shioco Hino +2 • June 26, 2017

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bon dance Brazil Buddhism communities culture dance Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Londrina Nikkei Chronicles (series) Obon Paraná (Brazil) religions
bon dance Brazil Buddhism communities culture dance Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu 2 (series) Londrina Nikkei Chronicles (series) Obon Paraná (Brazil) religions
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In Brazil. 109 years.
“No one can take away what you’ve studied” was or still is a sentence repeated to…

Célia Sakurai • June 18, 2017

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Brazil communities education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Brazilians Japanese language schools Kasato Maru (ship) languages language schools migration
Brazil communities education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Brazilians Japanese language schools Kasato Maru (ship) languages language schools migration
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KNOWING HOW TO AGE... is an art
AIKO was just six years old when he disembarked with his parents and three other siblings in the Po…

Katsuo Higuchi • June 16, 2017

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Brazil communities migration
Brazil communities migration
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
The challenges faced by second-generation Japanese Latinos living in Japan
A quarter century has passed since Japanese workers from South America came to Japan. If we include…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 31, 2017

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Argentina Brazil culture discrimination education identity interpersonal relations Japan languages Peru students
Argentina Brazil culture discrimination education identity interpersonal relations Japan languages Peru students
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In two countries
Living in Liberdade, a neighborhood in São Paulo, is like living in two countries at the same time.…

Hudson Okada • May 29, 2017

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Brazil communities diversity identity Japantowns Liberdade multiculturalism São Paulo
Brazil communities diversity identity Japantowns Liberdade multiculturalism São Paulo
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Mind, spirit, physique and tradition in arts
He discovered martial arts through his father who practiced judo and began training at the age of 1…

Tatiana Maebuchi • May 24, 2017

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Associação Okinawa (organization) Brazil combat Japan karate martial arts Okinawan kobudo Okinawa Prefecture sports
Associação Okinawa (organization) Brazil combat Japan karate martial arts Okinawan kobudo Okinawa Prefecture sports
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Heat
Every Japanese car manufacturer installed here in Brazil needs to subject the design of its product…

Hudson Okada • May 8, 2017

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Brazil climate change climatology genetics global warming heat identity Japanese Brazilians
Brazil climate change climatology genetics global warming heat identity Japanese Brazilians
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
Japanese Americans in Sports: Proud Challenges and Alliances
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the local Japanese community supported Japan in various ways. Not only di…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 5, 2017

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baseball Brazil communities identity soccer sports
baseball Brazil communities identity soccer sports
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Liberty neighborhood
I have always interpreted this famous phrase by the Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy, “If you want to be…

Hudson Okada • April 26, 2017

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Brazil culture generations identity immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Brazilians Japantowns Liberdade migration São Paulo
Brazil culture generations identity immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Brazilians Japantowns Liberdade migration São Paulo
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