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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Average Weight is 15 Pounds: "Mutant Bird..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Turkey Dreams..." Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Kazuko Makihara

Part 5: Life and Retirement with Takeshi in Canada

As a young man in Onomichi, Kazuko’s husband Takeshi got experience writing for a religious sect called Nanmyo Horen Gekkyou, which helped him become ...

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孤独な望郷 ～ フロリダ日系移民森上助次の手紙から

第21回 誕生日も畑で働く

南フロリダの大和コロニーの一員として渡米、コロニー解体後もひとり最後まで現地にとどまり生涯を終えた森上助次は、戦後、夫（助次の弟 ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Remains

From Toronto-based writer, Terry Watada and Bloomington, Indiana-based poet, Hiromi Yoshida, are pieces that can be read as the remains of beings past, the memory ...

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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather's Life in Seattle

Part 6 – Atae’s education

In Part 5, I wrote about the pinnacle of Yoemon’s barbershop business in Walla Walla. This time I will focus on Yoemon’s other ...

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The Redundancy of Idiots: Part 2

Read Part 1 >> A curious thing happened after last month’s column was posted. I received a letter – not by e-mail, Twitter, Messenger, Facebook or ...

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“Dojin”, nunca más

Hace poco, un sansei me estaba hablando de problemas que había tenido en el trabajo cuando, de pronto, utilizó la palabra “dojin”. Me sent ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #100% Human: "What are you?..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "What are You?" Check back every weekend for subsequent ...

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A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Kazuko Makihara

Part 4: Return to Canada and Building a New Life in Vancouver

Both Kazuko and Takeshi continued working in Kobe and financially supporting the education of Kazuko’s younger brother and sister till they finished high school ...

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日系被爆者たちの声、心の傷跡【第２部】：核兵器廃絶訴え、平和への思い次の世代へ

第１部を読む＞＞ 広島と長崎、原爆犠牲者の追悼法要 「それは美しい夏の日の朝でした。74年前の８月６日 ...