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Read Part 9 >> It was not until I looked at an online version of the 1944 Born Free and Eq…

Nancy Matsumoto • Aug. 29, 2011

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Journal Entry #: 3-20-1904: "Of Mice and Mazes..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 27, 2011

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Up and Down Mt. Fuji

The Japanese here have a saying, “A wise man climbs Fuji-san once, a fool climbs it twice.&rd…

Nathan Kenji Kasai • Aug. 26, 2011

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Looking for Japanese Canadian Students Who Were Registered at UBC for the winter session of 1941-42

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, he s…

Keiko Mary Kitagawa • Aug. 25, 2011

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Chapter 6: Liberdade

The Liberdade back then is like a completely different world to me now. It was 1964, and I had j…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Aug. 24, 2011

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A Heart Without Boundaries - Part 3

Read Part 2 >>In December 1960, looking for a bigger home for their six kids, Yuri and Bill m…

Maya Kochiyama • Aug. 24, 2011

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SHOKORA's Junichi Hernandez Yoshikai

Last year I was lucky enough to be invited to Japan and meet with other Nikkei (Japanese migrants a…

Koji Steven Sakai • Aug. 23, 2011

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Documenting Manzanar - Part 9 of 18 (Ansel Adams)

Read Part 8 >> Walking a Fine Line In Born Free and Equal, Adams struggled to walk…

Nancy Matsumoto • Aug. 22, 2011

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Journal Entry #About 12 Facial Muscles: "No Laugh Lines Here..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 20, 2011

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Partying Like a Nikkei Widow or Widower - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>As musical director Harry Inao cued up a recording of Dave Brubeck’s &ldq…

Nancy Matsumoto • Aug. 19, 2011

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Documenting Manzanar - Part 10 of 18 (Ansel Adams)