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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 1
My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the bind…

Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 13, 2023

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Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II
Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #6 More Noises: "Onomatopoeia Mania..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 12, 2023

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artists cartoonists cartoons humor languages onomatopoeia
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On Nikkei
#34 Riki Ito, a female pioneer of America-mura: On a journey along the Japanese coastline③
Bring on the immigration fever In the previous article (No. 32) , "From Americamura in Shima C…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 11, 2023

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Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mie Prefecture migration pioneers prewar Riki Ito Santa Maria United States women
Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mie Prefecture migration pioneers prewar Riki Ito Santa Maria United States women
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
To Be Nikkei
My obaachan was only seven years old when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. T…

Kayla Kamei • Aug. 11, 2023

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culture Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture identity Japan Japanese culture World War II
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Layle Lane: Black Woman Educator and Defender of Japanese Americans
One crucial aspect of Nikkei history that has not received due recognition from community chronicle…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 10, 2023

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African Americans Black people black women education Haiti Japanese Americans Layle Lane teachers teaching World War II
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No More Euphemisms: My Mother Was a Hostage
Decades ago, when I was studying for my degree in journalism, I had an extremely tough professor. H…

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 9, 2023

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euphemisms generations MS Gripsholem (ship) Nisei prisoner exchange repatriation ships terminology World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Jinsei no aki (Autumn of Life)
It’s the Year of the Rabbit and in October I will be 60 years old. My Okinawan grandparents w…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Aug. 9, 2023

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families Peru
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An In-Depth Examination of the WRA’s Legal System
As someone who has taught both history and literature classes, I recently had my curiosity arouse…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 8, 2023

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concentration camps Eric L. Muller law Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe (book) United States War Relocation Authority World War II World War II camps
concentration camps Eric L. Muller law Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe (book) United States War Relocation Authority World War II World War II camps
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A Northern Lesson: Carey McWilliams and the Incarceration of Japanese Canadians
The incarceration of Nikkei communities across the Pacific world in 1942 represents one of the most…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Aug. 7, 2023

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Carey McWilliams imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians World War II
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Death of Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices aimed at promoting diversity and equal opport…

Drew Yamamura • Aug. 6, 2023

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affirmative action education governments law policies racism students United States Supreme Court
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