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I see in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald newspaper that novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka is reading at the Kino…

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang • Nov. 6, 2012

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

“おふくろの味”オートミールと親父のおじや

日本のおふくろの味といえば芋の煮っころがしとかお煮染めが想像されるかもしれないが、家ではまるで違っていた。朝食の懐かしい味といえばオートミールだ。私が育った頃はまだ外国製品のことを舶来品と呼び、輸…

Yuriko Yamaki • Nov. 5, 2012

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Bringing New Life to Japanese American Hero Gordon Hirabayashi's Story

Three men, Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Minoru Yasui, defied President Franklin Roosevel…

Nancy Matsumoto • Nov. 5, 2012

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Journal Entry #2-Faced: "Best Face Forward..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 3, 2012

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アメリカ移民文学、最後の旗手 ~山城正雄さん~

45年間コラム執筆、96歳の今も現役アメリカ在住の沖縄県出身者を対象に取材を始めて２年になる。沖縄系であれば、沖縄生まれでない日系二世、三世、四世といった新世代でもいいし、血縁としてはまったくの無関…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 2, 2012

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Yellow Soul

“There are many stories untold. Some are lost. Others will come up in the future.” (Exc…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Nov. 2, 2012

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Nuevo Premio Nóbel para Japón

En el mes de octubre de este año, una vez más, Japón ha sido galardonado…

Ariel Takeda • Nov. 1, 2012

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Itadakimasu!

I was nurtured, body and soul, by the food of my mother and grandmother.Junko, my mother, always he…

Amaranth Rose • Nov. 1, 2012

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Japanese Cuisine in the Nikkei Memory

A modest portion of gohan and the smell of Kikkoman soy sauce, with its hexagonal logo, makes me re…

Katrina Sanguinetti Tachibana • Oct. 31, 2012

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When Heroes Weren’t Welcomed Home: Author Linda Tamura on Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence

“I can still recall the pit in my stomach as I read full-page ads urging Japanese American re…

Darryl Mori • Oct. 31, 2012

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The Aunties at Temple

“おふくろの味”オートミールと親父のおじや

Bringing New Life to Japanese American Hero Gordon Hirabayashi's Story

Journal Entry #2-Faced: "Best Face Forward..."

アメリカ移民文学、最後の旗手 ~山城正雄さん~

Yellow Soul

Nuevo Premio Nóbel para Japón

Itadakimasu!

Japanese Cuisine in the Nikkei Memory

When Heroes Weren’t Welcomed Home: Author Linda Tamura on Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence