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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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麻が結わえた南米との絆＝エクアドルの古川拓植＝その1/3

＝戦前ダバオ、奇縁で再興＝スザノからの転住者も入植戦前からの熱い日本移民の志を引き継いだ男たちによるエクアドル移住――。南米の中でも日本人移住者が少なく、国策としての移民がなかったと言われるエ…

Ikumi Akiyama • March 17, 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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Encyclopedia of Nikkei Migration

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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Canadian Nikkei Series

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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Community Restructuring: Camps 1995

Lately I’ve been having a reoccurring dream—a real nightmare. In my dream Japanese Amer…

Tony Osumi • March 12, 2014

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Half Girl from Full Mother

Long before my mother was ever a child, She dreamt of my face as her Eurasian song,Never looking aw…

Francesca Yukari Biller • March 11, 2014

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