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It had been diagnosed that the 21st century would be the era of women. Reflecting, in a Discover Ni…

Emi Kasamatsu • Aug. 29, 2014

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Searching for a Needle in a Haystack

Like so many Nisei born in the United States during the early decades of the twentieth century, my …

Dale Komai • Aug. 28, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Things Happen

I’m a planner, and I think it’s good to plan and prepare. But sometimes, things just ha…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Aug. 27, 2014

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Episode 22 (Part 1) Where is Glausha Now?

"I want to be a hairdresser," Kazue said, so she left the town where she was born and rai…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Aug. 27, 2014

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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?

Re-Discovering My Name Between Two Cultures

I was born in Hawaiʻi to a Yonsei Japanese-American father and an Irish-American mother who gave me…

Jayme Tsutsuse • Aug. 26, 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 1

Executive producer: Fumiko Carole FujitaDirector and scriptwriter: Jeffrey Gee Chin As a “new…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 25, 2014

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Journal Entry #90° Heat: "New Areas to Exfoliate..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 23, 2014

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Artist Talk: Steven Nunoda

Steven Nunoda’s family history reads like that of many other Japanese Canadians. Both sides o…

John Endo Greenaway • Aug. 22, 2014

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

Vol. 5 Japanese Americans in Southern California ~ Part 1

Read Part 4: Japanese Americans in Northern California >> Perhaps because the Shin Nichibei S…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 22, 2014

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The Happy Power of Obon

Obon season is a time when communities gather together to celebrate life and death through food and…

Sharon Yamato • Aug. 21, 2014

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The impact of the Nikkei of Paraguay in the workplace