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Read Part 2 >>The Lasting Effects of the CampsThe camps are important not just because they a…

Dean Ryuta Adachi • Nov. 14, 2011

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Journal Entry #90 Calories Per 8 Grams: "Edible Enigmas..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 12, 2011

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Shig Murao: A Samurai Family (1920)

Shigekata Murao is pacing around his room in the most expensive inn in Chiran, the town where he gr…

Richard Reynolds • Nov. 10, 2011

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Crystal City, 70 Years Later: Memories of War - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>THE RETURN TO PERUA siren announced Japan's surrender. Many Japanese refu…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Nov. 10, 2011

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Chapter 17: Only this path in Autumn

I wrote "Aki (Autumn)" while I was an exchange student in Japan. Thirty five years later, it …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Nov. 9, 2011

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Through the Fire: One Soldier’s Story

With the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony held last week honoring the 100th Infantry, 442nd RCT an…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 9, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Linda Ohama’s Message of Hope for Tohoku

I am very proud to say that my friend film maker/poet/artist Linda Ohama of Vancouver has spearhead…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Nov. 8, 2011

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Redefining “CAMP” In Japanese America - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>United Methodist Asian American Summer CampIn 1974, Reverend Peter Chen of San …

Dean Ryuta Adachi • Nov. 7, 2011

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Seeing Beauty Through a Magic Lens: Patrick Nagatani and 35 Years of Art

“I used to profess to my students that all photographs lie,” says Patrick Nagatani.&nbs…

Darryl Mori • Nov. 6, 2011

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Journal Entry #308+ Million: "About 75% or So..."