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Haunting drumbeats from the soundtrack of Lost in Translation put me into a nostalgic trance as I s…

Lon Kurashige • Sept. 29, 2023

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The Life of an American Sign Language interpreter — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Shimizu, who is 36 years old, said he enjoys working with older Deaf people a…

Summer Nakaishi • Sept. 28, 2023

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The Life of an American Sign Language interpreter — Part 1

Shaun Shimizu lives in two worlds. In one world, he’s an American Sign Language interpreter, …

Summer Nakaishi • Sept. 27, 2023

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Kenzo Kobashigawa, the sensei of dekasegi past

For Peruvians over 45 years of age, 1989 was probably one of the worst years in the history of thei…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 27, 2023

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An Unsent Letter to My Nisei Grandpa–Part 2 of 3

Read Part 1 >> Dear Grandpa, I read that Japanese Americans in the 100th/442nd were credite…

Lena Newlin • Sept. 26, 2023

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Japanese-American Lawyer in Hawaii - Christine A. Kubota

Becoming a tour guide taking Japanese people to Japan Apart from the Shin-Issei whose parents were …

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 25, 2023

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Losing a True and Trusted Friend

After my father died in 1948, my mom used the bus to go from place to place including taking her ch…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Sept. 25, 2023

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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Jiro’s Parents Remembering his father who has since passed on, Ji…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 24, 2023

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Journal Entry #Around 80,000 Words: "Novel Novels..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 23, 2023

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Vol. 36: Visiting the Immigration Museum in Wakayama City - On the way to Japan's coastline ⑤

Wakayama Prefecture is an "immigration prefecture" that has produced many immigrants, as …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 22, 2023

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