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Mmmmm. Chinese food. Just thinking about Lao Wang Noodle House in Denver, which I swear serves the …

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 18, 2013

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Two Urban Subcultures Meet in the Art of Gajin Fujita

Five Japanese courtesans, their kimono sliding unashamedly off their shoulders in the heat, look on…

Meher McArthur • Jan. 17, 2013

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Monkey Majik and the Yoshida Brothers’ “SOS Tohoku Relief Tour”

“I was scared of old, distant memories Now I’v…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 16, 2013

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Silk Cocoon Shatters the Myth of the “Model Minority”

It was not until her mother died that Satsuki Ina came to understand the historic event that deeply…

Barbara Takei • Jan. 15, 2013

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赤土の大地と生きる―パラグアイ日系人 - その1

イグアスを訪問する「お客さん、42km地点に到着したよ」車掌さんが親切に知らせに来てくれたので、うとうとしていた私は荷物をひっつかみ慌ててバスを降りた。そこはありふれた幹線道路沿いの集落前で、ガソリ…

Sawako Suganuma • Jan. 14, 2013

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Remembering Senator Daniel K. Inouye

As members of the public pay their last respects to Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the Center for Folkli…

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage • Jan. 14, 2013

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Journal Entry #8/4/1961: "#44 And Counting..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 12, 2013

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The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> AL: Well, in terms of making a queer relationship visible, one thing that…

Andrew Way Leong • Jan. 11, 2013

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国力が弱まった今こそ情報発信力を高めよ：日系社会との連携が1つのポイント - その2

その1を読む＞＞アニメ、ドラマは健闘しているが･･･日本からの発信力が高まっている例としては、アニメやドラマなどのテレビ放送を挙げる。日本のテレビ番組の輸出額は2010年度62.5億円で、内容別に見…

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 10, 2013

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The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi - Part 1

Amy Sueyoshi, Associate Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, ha…

Andrew Way Leong • Jan. 10, 2013

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