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Read Part 1 >> For too long, I lacked understanding about Japanese Canadian history and why World War II internment had happened. Even when I …
I was once so naive and ignorant about Japanese Canadian history. For many years, I neglected to dig deeper to learn about my personal family …
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“What’s in this box, Bachan?” Emi asked, handing the box to her grandmother as she sat down next to her on the couch. “I’m not …
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Rice farmer Ross Koda’s immigrant grandfather Keisaburo was larger-than-life, a pioneering rice farmer known throughout the California agricultural community in the early 1900s as “The …
In my 73rd year, I began to gather memories of 1973 and the moments leading up to that time. Fifty years have passed since the …
On the second floor above a rowdy sushi bar and a brightly lit omiyage shop, The Dandy Lion was easy to miss. The only marker …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “More T-shirts I'd like to see” Check back every weekend …
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Yujin’s was the first familiar face I saw after arriving in Tokyo. Our reunion was on a street lined with stores selling Buddhist merchandise. I …
The North American Post Editor’s note: Tokita’s present-day recounting of Issei and Nisei life is rare today. It is possible largely because his mother arrived as …
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I moved to a town covered in orange carpet that glistened in the sunlight. “That’s the California poppy. It’s beautiful like gold, isn’t it?” Dad …
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