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Local library traces the history of 40 families through a commemorative photo of Japanese immigrant…

Yumiko Hashimoto • Feb. 24, 2010

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Let’s Go to America!

I don’t remember ever having seen my birth certificate until I needed it for my application f…

Kristine Haenschke • Jan. 22, 2010

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Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s Coming of Age Ceremony

One of the duties of Japanese and Nikkei groups is the bringing up of the younger generation. By ca…

Takashi Aniya • Jan. 15, 2010

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Discover Nikkei at COPANI XV - Uruguay 2009

Development of the Nikkei Community in Chile

The first Japanese arrived in Chile at the end of the nineteenth century. The development of the Ni…

Roberto Hirose • Dec. 17, 2009

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From Our Collection: Sumo and the “Threads” of Community

On February 9, 1885, the first official Japanese migrants arrived in Hawai’i. Before an audie…

Sojin Kim • Oct. 7, 2009

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The Rhythms of Life: Shasta Taiko

“This woman came up to me and said, ‘I don’t know why, but I just burst out cryin…

Darryl Mori • Sept. 25, 2009

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The Purpose of the Kenjinkai - Part 2 of 2

>> Part 1Maybe we find ourselves witnessing signs that the seventh Nikkei generation in Peru,…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Aug. 11, 2009

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The Purpose of the Kenjinkai - Part 1 of 2

This is a personal opinion that may be of use for the evaluation of the title of this piece. It was…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Aug. 4, 2009

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The Hapa Advantage

“Hybrids are better”—Shayne KaoFor as long as I’ve lived here, New York Cit…

Leah Nanako Winkler • July 24, 2009

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Engaging the Community: Occidental College’s 2009 Partnership with Discover Nikkei

This spring, ten students in the Occidental College Asian Studies seminar “Japanophilia&rdquo…

Morgan Pitelka • June 23, 2009

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