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I’m not one to pry into a Facebook friend of a friend post, but the other day I felt compelle…

David Toyoshima • Nov. 21, 2013

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The New Digs

Before me, a foreign couple with a young son lived in the house. Evidently, they let the boy trash …

Raymond Nakamura • Nov. 20, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

A Japanese Chief

Yamato Taba arrived to Peru in 1921 from Okinawa, Japan, to harvest cotton in the Cañete are…

Seitoku Shimabukuro +1 • Nov. 19, 2013

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Watershed Moment in Japanese American Civil Rights History: Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, commonly called the Commission Hearings of 1981

Back in 1981, VC (Visual Communications) and NCRR, then known as the National Coalition for Redress…

Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka • Nov. 18, 2013

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Journal Entry #10 to a car: "Coulrophobics beware..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 16, 2013

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Satomi Shirai: Finding Beauty in Dislocation

Artist/photographer Satomi Shirai has found a successful creative path by exploring the feeling of …

Darryl Mori • Nov. 15, 2013

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A Stirring Memoir of Adolescent Manzanar Stories Weaved With Senior Hiking Adventures

My first trip of many to the World War II Manzanar concentration camp site occurred in the spring o…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Nov. 14, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

Diary of a Mad Hapa Judo Girl

Being a martial artist was not supposed to be a part of my life. The plan for me was to focus on sc…

Chanda Ishisaka • Nov. 13, 2013

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“Voice” star Judith Hill’s cultural mashup combines African American & Japanese upbringing with artistic talent

I was lucky enough to see Judith Hill perform in Los Angeles during the 2010 convention of the Asia…

Gil Asakawa • Nov. 12, 2013

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The Retelling: Talking To The National Parks Service About Tule Lake

QUESTION 1: WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST ABOUT THE TULE LAKE UNIT? Struggle. Struggle. I obeyed essa…

Tamiko Nimura • Nov. 11, 2013

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