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At the end of 1910, the number of Japanese immigrants in the United States had reached nearly 80,00…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • May 1, 2020

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

EO9066 vs. COVID-19

I’ve been struggling with what more to say about the pandemic now known as the worst disaster…

Sharon Yamato • April 30, 2020

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID Ghost Town

In November 2019, I was in a US hospital for five days. My temperature was hovering around 102°…

Terry Watada • April 23, 2020

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Just 10 Weeks Ago

10 weeks ago, I joyfully drank sake and ate the best tonkatsu in Tokyo. 8 weeks ago, I toured snow…

Keiko Moriyama • April 15, 2020

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Vancouver’s 1907 Anti-Asian Riots Revisited - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> For those who may not be familiar with it, can you give a summary of the even…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Dec. 31, 2019

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Vancouver’s 1907 Anti-Asian Riots Revisited - Part 1

“Nothing could be more systematic than the determination with which the mob picked out Japa…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Dec. 30, 2019

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Ten Little Known Stories About Topaz Concentration Camp - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> HOSTILE RECEPTION FOR OUTSIDE FARM WORKERS As at many camps, inmates were en…

Brian Niiya +1 • Oct. 31, 2019

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I've heard "Go back where you came from" too often

I was driving on the highway one night some years back between Denver and Boulder, when I got haras…

Gil Asakawa • Oct. 9, 2019

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Some circumstances of being Nikkei in Peru

The emigrant of Japanese origin and his descendants are called “nikkeis”. In my case, my ojí (grand…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Sept. 23, 2019

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Back Where I Belong

As I watched the circus of race and denigration that is the White House, Congress, and American soc…

Terry Watada • Aug. 28, 2019

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The worst viruses: racism, lies and misinformation against Japanese immigration

EO9066 vs. COVID-19

COVID Ghost Town

Just 10 Weeks Ago

Vancouver’s 1907 Anti-Asian Riots Revisited - Part 2

Vancouver’s 1907 Anti-Asian Riots Revisited - Part 1

Ten Little Known Stories About Topaz Concentration Camp - Part 2

I've heard "Go back where you came from" too often

Some circumstances of being Nikkei in Peru

Back Where I Belong