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“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!” It’s a new year. For Americans, it’s their last holiday, but for …
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As a journalist—a journalism student, I should say—I interview people almost every day. My job is to tell stories, about the places I go and …
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My feet are swollen and sore, and it’s all because of pork belly. In Japan we had a special distributor which brought our okonomiyaki restaurant …
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During my involvement in Japanese American studies, from 1972 to the present, I have been struck by two simultaneous developments. The first is a growing …
A-ra, I think, struggling to turn off the hot water shower faucet. My uncle. The last person in the whole wide world that I want …
“I guess we are throwaway girls,” Risa says, helping me to unpack one of my boxes. I do not know why it is taking her …
Read Part 1 >> Can you talk a bit about your families here? I married three times and broke up three times. I have six …
Torontonian Yosh Inouye, a retired 70-something photography teacher, was the one of the first to teach me about the paradox of what it means to …
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“Working as a volunteer guide at the Japanese American National Museum is such an interesting experience. I’ve taken a class about the history of Japanese …
Kimio Tajima was an American-born Nisei, but he died a Japanese soldier, while at war in New Guinea. He was 28 years old. His son, …
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