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Part 3 >>Endless MemoriesHamako endlessly recalls memories of her father. They include sides …

Yukikazu Nagashima • July 31, 2012

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The JABA Legacy Project: Pioneering Jurists in the Nikkei Community

Judge Ernest Hiroshige: Forging Community

Anyone who has ever met Judge Ernest Hiroshige, who sits on the Los Angeles County Superior Court b…

Lawrence Lan • July 31, 2012

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Global Inequities and Diasporic Return: Japanese American and Brazilian Encounters with the Ethnic Homeland: Part 6 of 10

Read Part 5 >> DIASPORIC HOMECOMINGS AND ETHNIC IDENTITY: NATIONALIST VERSUS TRANSNATION…

Takeyuki Tsuda • July 30, 2012

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The Asian American Literary Review

Hiromi Itō - from Wild Grass on the Riverbank

Born in Tokyo in 1955, Itō Hiromi is one of the most important women poets of contemporary Japan. I…

Jeffrey Angles • July 29, 2012

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Journal Entry #9-5=2²: "Interrogative Land Mines..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • July 28, 2012

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Noodles: Jan … Ken … Pon!

Gwen Muranaka’s weekly cartoon “Noodles” appears in The Japan Times, and occasion…

Gwen Muranaka • July 27, 2012

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第二話　キミコ、24年後

そうですね、あれは1988年4月のことでした。私は27人の女性だけの団体の一人として、日本にデカセギに行くことになっていました。初めての女性だけの団体だったのでとても話題になりました。新聞記者やテレ…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • July 26, 2012

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Searching for the Roots of Resistance

Late one evening, early in May 2002, I sat in a hotel room with a colleague, historical archaeologi…

Cherstin M. Lyon • July 26, 2012

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Manzanar: A Son's Journey - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Fast forward. April 28, 6 a.m. In the darkness of the L.A. morning I walk…

Keith Uchima • July 25, 2012

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About My Father, Yoshitaro Amano – Memories from the eldest daughter, Hamako - Part 3 of 4

Part 2 >>Amano’s MarriageSpeaking of marriages, there is an episode about Amano’s…

Yukikazu Nagashima • July 24, 2012