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Some time ago, we did a column for Discover Nikkei on the Japanese evangelist and social reformer T…

Bo Tao +1 • Sept. 14, 2023

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A Dream Deferred, A Dream Fulfilled

My mother, Haruko Ann Tokita, came to the United States from Japan when she was 12 years old and se…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Sept. 13, 2023

Frozen Hair, Work Stoppages, and Other Lesser-Known Stories from Heart Mountain - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> 6. Resentment and Resistance to the Fence Like pretty much all of the other …

Brian Niiya • Sept. 12, 2023

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Reiwa Izakaya: Japanese taste in Peru

Nikkei fusion has been the main way in which Peruvians have learned about the benefits of Japanese …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Sept. 11, 2023

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Frozen Hair, Work Stoppages, and Other Lesser-Known Stories from Heart Mountain - Part 1

Perhaps you know the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, concentration camp for stories of boyhood-friends-tur…

Brian Niiya • Sept. 11, 2023

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Wisdom Grown Wild: A Conversation with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri — Part 3

Read Part 2 >> TN: Do you think you make art as a way to fill in those gaps or to speak to t…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 10, 2023

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Journal Entry #4 Body Types: "Poor, Poor Pitiful Ken..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 9, 2023

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A New Take on Madama Butterfly Updates Puccini’s Opera for Modern Times

Even if you haven’t seen the opera, most people know the title Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Pucc…

Gil Asakawa • Sept. 8, 2023

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Part 35: American Village in Mihama, Wakayama - On the way to Japan's coastline ④

If you head towards the Kii Peninsula along the coastline from Ago Bay in Mie Prefecture, you will …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 8, 2023

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Hajichi Stories — Tree Local Women Tell Why Day Got Their Okinawan Hand Tattoos

My great grandma who wuz born in Okinawa in 1885 had traditional Okinawan hand tattoos known as&nbs…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Sept. 7, 2023

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The Readmission: Toyohiko Kagawa’s 1950 US Tour