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“A bonsai is an artistic replica of a miniature tree.” The definition is not in a gardening or Japa…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Nov. 6, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

A Letter to My Parents

Dear Teresa, Victor, and Maria Hito, While anyone would agree you are far from traditional, I find…

Maia Hito • Oct. 7, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

My grandfather's memories

For a little girl it can be very complicated to live with a name as particular as the one I have. I…

Yuriko Yampufé Yabe • Oct. 6, 2015

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Carlos Chinen: An architect with stories to tell

His full name is Carlos Chinen Kanashiro. Made in Peru, by Nikkei parents, model 1956, architect by…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Oct. 2, 2015

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Memories of Hiroshima: 70 Years after the Atomic Bomb

Manuel Yoneyama was 16 when the atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima. It was 8:15 a.m., and Manuel wa…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Sept. 24, 2015

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Carlos Yushimito: The germs of a philosophical writing

The work of the Peruvian writer Carlos Yushimito Valle (Lima, 1977) is as peculiar as it is captiv…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Aug. 26, 2015

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Mom Junko. Okinawan immigrant who survived war shares memories

With an infectious smile, Junko Uehara escapes from her Fujinkai choir class for a few minutes. It…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato +1 • Aug. 21, 2015

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Hamano Ryuho: A look at the origins

Vocation sometimes comes in the most unique ways. Hamano Ryuho remembers that he was about four ye…

Harumi Nako Fuentes +1 • Aug. 7, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

Growing between mergers

When people see me, they don't believe me when I tell them that I have Japanese ancestry. Sinc…

Elvi Del Rosario Tamia Leiva Pizarro • Aug. 4, 2015

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Peru Shimpo: stories from the dean of the Nikkei press

He has just turned 65 and is so young and active that it could be said that this is one of his bes…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 31, 2015

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The great art of small trees

A Letter to My Parents

My grandfather's memories

Carlos Chinen: An architect with stories to tell

Memories of Hiroshima: 70 Years after the Atomic Bomb

Carlos Yushimito: The germs of a philosophical writing

Mom Junko. Okinawan immigrant who survived war shares memories

Hamano Ryuho: A look at the origins

Growing between mergers

Peru Shimpo: stories from the dean of the Nikkei press