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Yukiko Furuta was not a picture bride and she did not remember meeting any picture brides in the ar…

Mary Adams Urashima • Jan. 8, 2013

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Jazz in Sendai with Kei Akagi

I recently met jazz pianist Kei Akagi quite by chance. My school recently got a distinguished new …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 7, 2013

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Journal Entry #9/5/1977: "Far and Away (About 11 Billion Mi.)..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 5, 2013

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Tule Lake National Park Service Meeting on August 2, 2012

My name is Yukio Kawaratani, a Tule Lake victim at 14 years of age. Our family of 11 members suffer…

Yukio Kawaratani • Jan. 4, 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1

あまり一般には知られていないが、毎年秋、海外日系人大会（主催：公益財団法人海外日系人協会）が都心で開かれている。各国の実情を報告し合い、国際交流、国際理解を深めることを目的に世界各地の日系人が集まる…

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 3, 2013

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Common Grains

Common Grains is a Japanese food and culture project that started in my home kitchen a couple of ye…

Sonoko Sakai • Jan. 3, 2013

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Mochitsuki: Taking the (Rice) Cake

As I walk with my four kids into the U-M Center for Japanese Studies, we are heartened by the thump…

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Jan. 2, 2013

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Tiempo para compartir: Nikkei recuerdan algunas de sus celebraciones por Navidad y Año Nuevo

La Navidad no siempre fue una ocasión festiva para los descendientes de japoneses en el Per&…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • Jan. 1, 2013

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The Joys of Eating Soba

“Noodle dishes are very popular, as they make a delicious and filling simple meal. It’s…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 1, 2013

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2012 was a good year for Denver’s Japanese and Japanese American community

This was a good year for Japanese and Japanese Americans in Colorado. A lot of the credit goes to I…

Gil Asakawa • Dec. 31, 2012

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