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Who Was The First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?
Tomekichi Homma (Part 1) — Early Activist
If Nagano did not arrive in 1877, who might have been the first immigrant from Japan to put …

Ann-Lee Switzer +1 • April 21, 2024

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British Columbia Canada elections generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration naturalized citizen political science Steveston Tomekichi Homma voting
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Created in '27: "Pfeffermintz..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 20, 2024

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candy cartoonists cartoons confectioneries humor
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We Are Not Strangers—A Story of a Sephardic Jew and His Japanese American Neighbor
Japanese Americans have heard about how non-Japanese helped some JA families during World War II. O…

Pamela A. Okano • April 19, 2024

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communities fiction graphic novels Jews Josh Tuininga Seattle United States Washington We are Not Strangers (book) World War II
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Hoping for a Rainbow
We are overjoyed to again feature Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks in this springtime edition of the Nikkei…

Curtiss Takada Rooks +1 • April 18, 2024

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families literature poems poetry
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Dekasegi Story
Episode 47 (Part 1) "I want to go home, but I can't"
Eiji, the eldest son of two older sisters, was told by his parents to become a doctor in the future…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • April 18, 2024

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Brazil dekasegi families fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan
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In the Beginning There Was Cold Tofu
I am lucky enough to know two talented, bright, and big-hearted women—Denice Kumagai and Ma…

Sharon Yamato • April 17, 2024

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1980s 1990s Cold Tofu (book) Cold Tofu (organization) comedy entertainment Marilyn Tokuda performances stand-up comedy
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“LA Rising” in Little Tokyo with Robert Vargas
On March 27, 2024, Robert Vargas’ newest mural, “LA Rising,” was unveiled in the …

Kristopher Kato • April 16, 2024

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artists baseball baseball fields Boyle Heights California communities Hispanic LA Rising (mural) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Los Angeles Dodgers Miyako Hotel Los Angeles muralists painters Robert Vargas Shohei Ohtani United States
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Who Was The First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?
Manzo Nagano (Part 2) — Did He Come in 1877?
Read Part 1 >> In Nagano’s hometown, Kuchinotsu (near Nagasaki), the local museum…

Ann-Lee Switzer +1 • April 15, 2024

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Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Manzo Nagano migration Nagasaki Prefecture
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Toshi Sato, the world's best Mercedes Benz salesman who moved to the US in 1996
A frog jumping out of a well Many of the Japanese who come to America, the so-called Shin-Issei,…

Keiko Fukuda • April 15, 2024

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automobile dealerships California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Long Beach Mercedes-Benz migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Who Was The First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?
Manzo Nagano (Part 1) — Did He Come in 1877?
Reconciling Conflicting Claims Japanese began settling in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th c…

Gordon Switzer +1 • April 14, 2024

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Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Manzo Nagano migration Nagasaki Prefecture
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