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Read Part 4 >>AND IN THE NEW WORLDThere was a brief period of interest in ‘Things Japan…

Edward Moreno • April 5, 2012

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An intimate conversation with “Torn Apart” author Susan Aihoshi

This year, all Canadians, especially those of us of Japanese descent, should take a special moment …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 4, 2012

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Book Review: PRISONS AND PATRIOTS: Japanese American Wartime Citizenship, Civil Disobedience, and Historical Memory

Prisons and Patriots is Cherstin Lyon’s first book. Its publication catapults Professor …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • April 3, 2012

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Folk Songs Left by the 1970’s Asian American Movement - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>About Some Songs1. TANFORAN (Is anybody there?)(Horikoshi and Takimoto)This son…

Minoru Kanda • April 2, 2012

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Journal Entry #100 Billion Neurons: "Epigrammatic Musings..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • March 31, 2012

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Meeting of the Twain - Part 4 of 6

Read Part 3 >>JAPANESQUEAcross the Channel, some distinguished British diplomatic offici…

Edward Moreno • March 29, 2012

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

“Kizuna” One Year Later

I’ll never forget the morning when I heard about the earthquake and tsunami that happened on …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 28, 2012

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Kendee Yamaguchi, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs

Kendee Yamaguchi is the Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific Amer…

Koji Steven Sakai • March 27, 2012

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Folk Songs Left by the 1970’s Asian American Movement - Part 1

Background and Issue Awareness: YOKOHAMA, CALIFORNIA is the title of an LP record released by Asian…

Minoru Kanda • March 26, 2012

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Journal Entry #1947, First Edition: "Folktale Funnies..."