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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 13, 2014

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Nisei Revisits Her Wartime Past Through Watercolors

Through a sophisticated blend of artwork, prose, and photographic images, plus an assortment of oth…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Sept. 12, 2014

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Rereading "The Centennial History of Japanese Americans in the United States" - Tracing the Records of the Pioneers

Vol. 6 Japanese Americans in Southern California – Part 2

Read Part 5: Japanese Americans in Southern California ~ Part 1 >> Japanese who traveled to A…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 12, 2014

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Don't Forget Pat Suzuki

Do you know who Pat Suzuki is, and why she is significant to Japanese Americans? I suspect you woul…

Chris Komai • Sept. 11, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Origami TV

When I teach people how to fold simple origami figures, I often suggest that they unfold and refold…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Sept. 10, 2014

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Ramen for Lunch in São Paulo

Starting from the mid-2000s, with the increasing success of Japanese anime, manga, soap operas, and…

Henrique Minatogawa • Sept. 9, 2014

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A man who fought against the California Alien Land Law: The story of Sei Fujii “Lil Tokyo Reporter” - Interviews with the production team and cast members - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Actor: Eijiro Ozaki “Lil Tokyo Reporter” is a film led b…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 8, 2014

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Journal Entry #24/7: "Timelessness..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 6, 2014

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A Circuit Left Open: Thoughts from the Tule Lake Pilgrimage, 2014

How else to say this? I am still returning. I don’t know how the telling will ever feel compl…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 5, 2014

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Taste of Hometown Brought Overseas: The Localization of Immigrants and Their Traditional Dishes

“Italian” sausage not eaten by Italians “Italian people do not eat our Mortadella…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 5, 2014

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