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

Neal Yamamoto • June 21, 2014

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Knowledge, Generosity, and Yuri Kochiyama

It is with a heavy heart and a reflective spirit that our community remembers and meditates on the …

Sean Miura • June 20, 2014

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JAJA: A Home Away From Home for Japanese Americans and Japanese in New York

I lived in Manhattan for 13 years before I went to my first JAJA meeting. An acronym for Japanese A…

Nancy Matsumoto • June 19, 2014

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第二十話　「サッカーワールドカップで会いましょう」

「Copa do Mundo1」がブラジルで開催されると決まった時、ケントは跳び上がって喜んだ。サッカー好きの少年は、学校から戻るといつも、宿題をするのも忘れて、近くの原っぱでボールを蹴っていた。母…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • June 18, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Life Is So Complicated

The trickier the folds, the more complicated origami gets. The more challenging, and yes, the more …

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • June 18, 2014

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Stranger in a Strange Land: A Sansei’s First Trip to Japan

I’d never felt a passionate connection to the country of my ancestors. I blamed it on the war…

Sharon Yamato • June 17, 2014

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朝鮮戦争を戦った帰米二世

朝鮮戦争に従軍した日系兵士は意外と多く、第100大隊、422部隊、MISの先輩に続けとばかり勇敢に戦い、246名もの尊い命を祖国に捧げた。この中に第２次大戦を日本で経験し、戦後米国に戻ってきた帰米二…

Edward Toru Horikiri • June 16, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

There Wasn’t Anything to Be Afraid of In Those Days – Profile of Aiko Owashi

Aiko Owashi, like so many Nisei women, begins an interview with the claim that her life is not inte…

Japanese American National Museum • June 16, 2014

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Journal Entry #Coined By Capek in 1920: "Bad 'Bot Behavior..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • June 14, 2014

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Godzilla, the world’s most famous Japanese American

Although Hollywood has been making monster movies since the original 1933 King Kong, the monster wi…

Gil Asakawa • June 13, 2014

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Journal Entry #First Patented in 1817: "Toy Joy..."