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Nisei Recollections of a Pre-Resettlement Chicago

Follow the story of “Rocky” Yamanaka, one of the few remaining Nisei who remembers life in Chicago before Japanese American resettlement, from his family’s ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #2 — Nikkei+ ~ Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race ~

"Knowing" Multiethnic Identity; Field Notes on Mr. Virgil Westdale

Identity is a fickle concept. When we talk about “ethnicity” and its ties to identity, we are engaged in a delicate balancing act, making meaning ...

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Enlisting to escape internment: A Japanese American's story

Jimmy Makino sat in an internment camp in mid-1940s Arizona. Among a room of other Japanese Americans at the Gila River Relocation Center, the Alhambra ...

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Moriso Teraoka - Nisei Veteran’s “What If?” Attitude Brings Joy to Kapi‘olani Community College

Frequent visitors to Kapi‘olani Community College have probably seen the expansive garden of giant succulents growing along the front walkway of the main Diamond ...

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Jack Muro: Still Patriotic After All

“Give me liberty or give me death!” was the climactic closing statement of a speech given by Patrick Henry, in 1775, as one of the ...

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"Prejudices don't fall off like an old coat": more on Japanese-Americans relocated to Pittsburgh

In March we looked at length at the history of Japanese American forced relocation to Pittsburgh, where an old North Side orphanage was to house ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #1 — ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Terroir…

… in French, literally means “soil”. Today it is nuanced to refer to products of a soil and more specifically those that are unique to a ...

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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community

Judge Vincent Okamoto: Fighting for Justice - Part 1

“I was in a position in Vietnam—to be in an arena where men with guns made the rules. And there really wasn’t anything ...

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

Nikkei and War: 30 Years After My Participation in the Malvinas War

Migration from Japan officially began more than 150 years ago, starting with Japanese arriving in Hawaii, the United States, and Canada, and later Peru and ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #1 — ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Sushi Therapy

An orderly led George Tanaka to the nurses’ station. His eyes were downcast, his face blank, and he shuffled as he walked down the hall ...