community ja pt
僕は20数年ぶりに故郷に戻った。ちょうど出張で近くの町に滞在することになったので、多忙だったが、寄ることにした。 町は、以前、聞いていたよりすっかり…
politics en
I am honored to have been asked to speak to you this morning. I accepted your invitation in a heartbeat because this celebration is important …
food en
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “6 Fruity Flavors…” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries… …
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In the 2011 PAN-JAPAN special issue NEGLECTED LEGACIES: Japanese American Women and the Redress/Reparations Movement, guest editor Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, an Asian American studies professor …
food en ja es pt
Opening of Japanese Supermarket in San DiegoToday, we can find Japanese food in some supermarkets across America. In big cities, it’s not so difficult to …
identity en
Follow the story of “Rocky” Yamanaka, one of the few remaining Nisei who remembers life in Chicago before Japanese American resettlement, from his family’s difficulties …
community ja
現在、羅府の日本総領事館は、小東京から数マイル離れたバンカー・ヒル地区のカリフォルニア・プラザという高層ビルのなかにありますが、かつては小東京のサン…
identity en ja es pt
Identity is a fickle concept. When we talk about “ethnicity” and its ties to identity, we are engaged in a delicate balancing act, making meaning …
Read Part 2 >> Working at the Cuban Embassy in Tokyo At the beginning of the revolution in 1959, he recalls, “I had already finished high school, …
food ja pt
東北レシーフェに用事ができたので飛行機の便を予約した。サンパウロへ帰る前、ブラジリアに寄る事にした。そこには昔からの知り合いがいるので、サンパウロか…
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