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The JABA Legacy Project: Don Tamaki—A Bridge Between Communities—Part 1

Donald K. Tamaki is intersectionality personified. As Senior Counsel at Minami Tamaki LLP, his li…

Drew Yamamura • Oct. 5, 2023

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Donald K. Tamaki imprisonment incarceration Korematsu v. United States Redress movement

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Scott Akasaki and the Influx of Asian Americans Working in Professional Sports

Tommy Lasorda once said, “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a pe…

Kristopher Kato • Oct. 4, 2023

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An Unsent Letter to My Nisei Grandpa–Part 3 of 3

Read Part 2 >> Dear Grandpa, On the last leg of our trip in Italy, we went to the capital o…

Lena Newlin • Oct. 3, 2023

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Where Dreams Come True—The Works of Debbi Michiko Florence

“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” they say. But when an Asian American child wit…

Chiana Fujiwara • Oct. 2, 2023

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100 minutes after the Great Kanto Earthquake: An example of the solidarity of Mexico and Latin America

On March 11, 2011, we all witnessed the triple disaster: human, material and nuclear that resulted …

Carlos Uscanga • Oct. 2, 2023

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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Forging Asian Canadian Identity JT: Being someone who prides himself …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 1, 2023

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Over 25% Body Fat: "Super-Heavy..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 30, 2023

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 6—Three Nuns

Haunting drumbeats from the soundtrack of Lost in Translation put me into a nostalgic trance as I s…

Lon Kurashige • Sept. 29, 2023

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The Life of an American Sign Language interpreter — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Shimizu, who is 36 years old, said he enjoys working with older Deaf people a…

Summer Nakaishi • Sept. 28, 2023

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The Life of an American Sign Language interpreter — Part 1

Shaun Shimizu lives in two worlds. In one world, he’s an American Sign Language interpreter, …

Summer Nakaishi • Sept. 27, 2023

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