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The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Creating works that reflect the Brazilian soil When Akiko landed at the port…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 20, 2023

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artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers

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An Unsent Letter to My Nisei Grandpa–Part 1 of 3

Dear Grandpa, I remember you telling me a little bit about what you did in the war. I remember you…

Lena Newlin • Sept. 19, 2023

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Italy Pietrasanta Sadao S. Munemori Tuscany United States Army World War II

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The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy Remains in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 1

Alianza, where 1,000 Japanese families flocked during the Taisho Democracy period "When my father …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 19, 2023

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artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers

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In Their Own Voices: Understanding Heart Mountain through Oral Histories

The book Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain by Joanne Oppenheim and Nancy Matsumoto captures th…

Edna Horiuchi • Sept. 18, 2023

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Boy Scouts Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Joanne Oppenheim life interviews Nancy Matsumoto oral histories resisters Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain (book) United States World War II camps Wyoming

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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 1

My childhood friend, Jiro Takai, and I have been on parallel life paths of sorts. We first met in …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 17, 2023

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #24 Hours: "Some Days are Too Long..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 16, 2023

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Rediscovering Poston

There’s a familiar adage that when Nisei get together, one of the first questions asked is &l…

Sharon Yamato • Sept. 15, 2023

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Arizona concentration camps families Poston concentration camp United States World War II camps

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Seattle Koyasan Chief Priest Taijo Imanaka — Spreading the Buddhist Circle from Seattle to the World

Seattle Koyasan is a Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 1949. Taijo Imanaka has served as the templ…

Keiko Miyako Schlegel • Sept. 15, 2023

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The Readmission: Toyohiko Kagawa’s 1950 US Tour

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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Tokita Tales

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

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