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The dictionary in question is the New Kenkyusha Japanese-English Dictionary, published in Tokyo in …

Harry K. Honda • Jan. 24, 2014

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Only Some May Follow: Southern California, Asian Americans, and Housing during the Cold War - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Incidents in Southwood, a suburb just south of San Francisco, and Garden Grove…

Ryan Reft • Jan. 23, 2014

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「オメデトウゴザイマス」は、ポルトガル語になったの？

1月第1週の日曜日の朝、教会へ行く途中、ジョアキン君に出会いました。ジョアキン君とは、かわいいビーグルのワンちゃんのことで、初めて会ったのは3年前でした。「Feliz Ano-Novo!」と、わ…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Jan. 22, 2014

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Only Some May Follow: Southern California, Asian Americans, and Housing during the Cold War - Part 1

“Years of media abetted conditioning to the possibility of war, invasion, and conquest by wav…

Ryan Reft • Jan. 22, 2014

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Changing the “Everyday” Asian Image: Behind the Scenes of "Marvels & Monsters"

“It was amazing,” Alexandra Chang of New York University (NYU) recalls. “My first…

Darryl Mori • Jan. 21, 2014

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Rikuzentakata: A dos años del terremoto y tsunami de Tohoku - Parte 7: Emprendiendo la vuelta

Lea parte 6 >> 7. Emprendiendo la vuelta En Block 808, dos jóvenes que viven y crecier…

María Laura Martelli Giachino • Jan. 20, 2014

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Hawaii Five-0 recreates Honouliuli Internment Camp

I’m catching up on Hawaii Five-0 and just watched James Saito’s masterful performance i…

Keiko K. • Jan. 20, 2014

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Journal Entry #Beware 2/22/14: "The Gjallerhorn Sounds..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 18, 2014

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ハイカラさん海を渡る＝移民画家大竹富江の一世紀　～その2/4

その1を読む＞＞「私は夢を追います」宣言＝40歳遅まきのスタート次男のリカルドさんは好奇心の旺盛そうな目に、エネルギッシュな話しぶり。「セニョール」と呼ぶと、「今何ていった？ヴォセでい…

Asami Kojima • Jan. 17, 2014

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Return to Clayoquot Island

For one weekend each year in May, the Clayoquot Island Preserve hosts an open house which allows th…

Christine Kondo • Jan. 17, 2014

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