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

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 16, 2014

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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata

Parte VIII: Béisbol

En Colonia Urquiza, los alumnos de la escuela japonesa practican diversas actividades física…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • Aug. 15, 2014

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Noodles: Obon Time

Gwen Muranaka’s weekly cartoon “Noodles” appears in The Japan Times, and occ…

Gwen Muranaka • Aug. 15, 2014

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

Struggle for Identity

As I think about my name and what it has meant to me over the different stages of my life, I see th…

Roy Wesley • Aug. 14, 2014

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Guitarina: Unidos por la música

A Yuka Yanagihara le gusta la música latinoamericana desde hace mucho tiempo. En Osaka, su c…

Raúl Ortiz Mory +1 • Aug. 13, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

A Thousand Cranes

Another installment of The Real Lives of Origami Figures. It’s a hard balancing act: my need …

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Aug. 13, 2014

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

What's in a Name?

My parents named me Gorobei Yoshida. It is an old fashioned name. My mother said I was named after …

Patricia Takayama • Aug. 12, 2014

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明治の重鎮がブラジルに抱いた稲作の夢（桂、レジストロ、セッチ・バーラス３植民地）

一枚の金属板が変えた日本移民の運命サッカーＷ杯がブラジルで開催された6～7月の間に1万人近い日本人観戦者が訪れた。その中のほぼ誰も足を運んでいないが、明治期の歴史が好きな日本人なら見逃せない重要な場…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Aug. 11, 2014

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The Nikkei Community Internship: Strengthening the Future of the Three Remaining Japantowns

It is incredible to imagine that there had been a staggering 43 Japantowns throughout the nation at…

Sakura Kato • Aug. 11, 2014

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Journal Entry #1941-2014: "A Death in Riverdale..."