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As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Project Assistant of the National Museum of Ameri…

Christy Wallover • June 12, 2014

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Little Tokyo Gets Loud this Summer

This summer, taiko players from all over the world will come together in Little Tokyo for the inaug…

Elizabeth Ishida • June 11, 2014

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

日本人の海外移住、100年以上の足跡とは

私は10数年前から南米のJICA日系研修員や留学生に対して、この一世紀半の間、日本人がどのような経緯や目的で移住し、どの国や地域に定住または転住し、そしてどのような功績を残してきたかについて、レクチ…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • June 10, 2014

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

World Cup: Even Twenty Years Later, It was a Night to Remember

July 16, 1994. We were in São Paulo, Brazil. We being, Curt, Grace, Chris, Ruth, Albert, Dar…

John Katagi • June 10, 2014

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In Memoriam: Karin Higa (1966–2013)

Karin Higa, JANM Senior Curator of Art from 1992 to 2006 and consultant on later projects, died Oct…

Sojin Kim • June 9, 2014

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Journal Entry #Founded in 1933: "Looney Tune Lunatics..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • June 7, 2014

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Parte IV: Jardines japoneses (Mizujo)

A través de un estudio histórico y antropológico, se ha abordado el paisajismo…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • June 6, 2014

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Sawtelle Japantown and the Future of America

Everyday America. That’s what many of the historic Japantowns across the state have beco…

Randall Fujimoto • June 6, 2014

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Celebrating the Child: Kodomo no Hi in Seattle

My youngest daughter and I are holding a brush together, because she wants me to help her write the…

Tamiko Nimura • June 5, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Works in Progress

While I’m folding origami, people often try to guess what I’m making before I’m f…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • June 4, 2014

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A card, a pin, and a painting: Crafts from Japanese American internment camps