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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

Part 1: Hawaiian Minister to Japan

*Japanese names in this article follow the Japanese convention of the family name coming before the given name. Irwin arrives in Yokohama in 1866 during ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #About 7.8 Billion: "Anthropocene Age..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Why the World Isn't a Peaceful Place" Check ...

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Takeshi Takahashi’s Chicago - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> 5. Emma Goldman, Kotoku and Takahashi In 1907, Mother Earth introduced Kotoku’s new publication, Heimin Shimbun, which he started in Japan ...

sports en ja

Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

In search of the two earliest Asahi players, Kodama and Tabata - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Kaichi Tabata’s family in Japan After the induction medal issue was settled, I received mail on November 27, 2019 from Keiichi ...

sports en ja

Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

In search of the two earliest Asahi players, Kodama and Tabata - Part 1

The Legendary Vancouver Asahi baseball team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and in 2005, the Asahi team was inducted ...

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Beauty out of dust: 75 years later, Japanese-Americans remember World War II incarceration

WOODLAND, Wash. — Morning sunlight spilled into the garage, illuminating a bent figure, about 5-foot-2. George Tsugawa was plucking weeds from potted plants. At 99, he ...

community ja

アメリカ黒人史との関わりでたどる、日系アメリカ人の歴史—その４

その３を読む ＞＞ 制度的人種差別の中で起きたロサンゼルス暴動  公民権法が成立し、日系人強制収容に対するリドレスが成立し…と人種差別を是正するための取り組みが少しずつ歩を進めてきた一方で ...

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Giant Pigeons Carry Messages of Love and Gratitude in Toronto

TORONTO — Sisters Emmie and Lisa Tsumura have been using art to share messages of gratitude and love in Toronto and Ajax during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

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Silk

Chapter Twelve—A Japanese Girl

For the past two days, Okei’s teeth chattered, all day and all night. It was as if a spirit had entered her body and ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #At Least 10 Pounds: "Stressors Galore..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Ailments and Annoyances I'm Blaming on the Pandemic ...