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My mother, Kinuko Saito, was holding me in her arms as we left Japan. I was six months old when we …

Marie Masumoto • April 2, 2014

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Maya Erskine, of Amazon’s ‘Betas’ TV Show, Challenges Hollywood’s Status Quo

Among the many characters in the web-based shows that are beginning to sweep the internet, one star…

Catherine Zaw • April 1, 2014

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麻が結わえた南米との絆＝エクアドルの古川拓植＝その3/3

その2を読む＞＞アバカ林の先に日本庭園＝受け継がれる移住者の信念サントドミンゴから南へ約40分、ケベド市の少し手前に「バルサ買います」という小さな古びた看板がぶら下がっている。門を抜けると、看板に…

Ikumi Akiyama • March 31, 2014

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Recipe for an Improvised Girls’ Day

Girls’ Day at our house this year meant pink and green mochi, a box stand with Emperor and Em…

Tamiko Nimura • March 31, 2014

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Journal Entry #Née 1954: "Creature Features..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • March 29, 2014

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Encyclopedia of Nikkei Migration

Canada - Migration Historical Overview

Most Nikkei immigrated to Canada between the 1890s and the 1920s, although the first Japanese in Ca…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • March 28, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Japanese American Sumo in the Continental United States, 1900-1941 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Japanese American Sumo in the New Era: From Issei to Nisei The 1924 Immigration…

Eiichiro Azuma • March 28, 2014

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Japanese American Sumo in the Continental United States, 1900-1941 - Part 1

Sumo—in which two hefty, virtually naked men push, shove, and throw each other—probably…

Eiichiro Azuma • March 27, 2014

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

Read Part 1 >>The dawn of a new year, unrest and change A tremendous social shift was occurr…

Mary Adams Urashima • March 26, 2014

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The Minidoka Pilgrimage and Continuing the Legacy

Today I received the news that my friend and fellow Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee member p…

Chanda Ishisaka • March 25, 2014

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