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Read Part 1 >> Kevin J. Miyazaki grew up in Wisconsin, aware that his father’s family h…

Tamio Spiegel • March 21, 2014

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Brazil - Migration Historical Overview

Japanese immigrants first came to Brazil in June 1908. These families worked on coffee plantations …

Akemi Kikumura Yano • March 21, 2014

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Photography and the Japanese American Memory on Exhibit at New Jersey College - Part 1

As Japanese Americans, we can state, without much argument, that we have a shared history.Specific …

Tamio Spiegel • March 20, 2014

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A Century Ago: Dawning of A New Year in 1914 - Part 1 of 2

A century ago, the New Year in 1914 brought both promise and uncertainty for Japanese pioneers in C…

Mary Adams Urashima • March 19, 2014

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One Beautiful, Unbearable Year in Japan

When I tell people about my year in Japan, I tell the best parts. The unexpected shrines in the mid…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 18, 2014

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When JAs say “camp” they’re not talking about summer camp

It’s a rite of greeting among older Japanese Americans. I’ve seen it happen over and ov…

Gil Asakawa • March 17, 2014

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Journal Entry #1st Amendment: "People Tire Me Out..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • March 15, 2014

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Bolivia - Migration Historical Overview

Prior to the 1950s, most Japanese entered Bolivia as common laborers through Peru. In 1899, the Map…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • March 14, 2014

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Channeling Grandma: Passing on the Gardening Genes

I remember walking through my Grandma Kuida’s garden as a child. She had ten or twelve rows o…

Jenni “Emiko” Kuida • March 14, 2014

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Lorne Spry On Being a Blue-eyed Canadian Living in Sendai, Japan

The intent of this series to look a little more closely at the Nikkei community from a cultural per…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 13, 2014

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Photography and the Japanese American Memory on Exhibit at New Jersey College - Part 2