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Hiroshi Kashiwagi • Sept. 17, 2013

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第十三話　塩辛＆ポン・デ・ケイジョ

日系三世のリンダが日本に来たのは2007年の冬だった。今でも思い出に残っているのは親戚の温かい歓迎だった。一人っ子のリンダは幼い頃にお父さんを亡くし、そのあと、最愛のお母さんも亡くしてしまい、独り…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Sept. 16, 2013

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Book Review -- Righting Canada’s Wrongs series: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

“September 22, 1988 is a day that I will remember fondly as it was the culmination of efforts…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 16, 2013

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Journal Entry #22 Major Types (At Least): "Ramen-Mania..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 14, 2013

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目玉先生、ニッポンを語る

今年の春、日本の高等学校で英語を教えていた若き日系人教師、ノーマン・ミキ・デザキ先生が、英語によるディスカッション授業のテーマのひとつとして、日本社会における差別問題を取り上げました。このときの授業…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Sept. 13, 2013

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Author Lane Hirabayashi: A Family Affair - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Perhaps the most important takeaway that we can apply to our own lives is how G…

Edward Yoshida • Sept. 13, 2013

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Of No-No Boy and No-No Boys: At the Seattle 2013 JANM Conference

“How do you as a storyteller account for traces of the erased, the denied or that flat out va…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 12, 2013

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A ‘No Mottainai’ Incidental Environmentalist

I used to think that my mom was the cheapest person in the world. I cringed with embarrassment at t…

Kenji G. Taguma • Sept. 11, 2013

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Excerpt from "Gently to Nagasaki" (a work in progress) - Chapter 46

It was a quirky millisecond contact of eyes in the city of angels, city of strangers. In 2011, I wa…

Joy Kogawa • Sept. 10, 2013

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

お風呂と味噌汁

私は子供の頃、よく白人に「Ei! Japones」と呼ばれた。こう呼ばれると、何となく白人から「見下され」、「別物扱い」されている様に感じた。実際、この呼び方は、日系人を蔑む形でよく使われていた…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • Sept. 9, 2013

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