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Dateline Toronto: the Keisho Conference Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Japanese Canadian Internment

On the weekend of March 31-April 1, I traveled to Toronto to attend the Keisho Conference at the Ja…

Greg Robinson • April 13, 2012

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Meeting of the Twain - Part 6 of 6

Read Part 5 >>EL MUNDO TRESSeveral anthropologists assure us that Japanese influence on Mesoa…

Edward Moreno • April 12, 2012

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The Japanese in Peru: Lessons for the Justice Department 70 years later*

Seventy years ago this week, 425 men from California entered a detention camp in Santa Fe, New Mexi…

Neil H. Simon • April 11, 2012

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The Cajun Nikkei - Part 1 of 5

Japanese and Japanese Americans are certainly a minority in Louisiana, but are nevertheless a viabl…

Midori Yenari +1 • April 10, 2012

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Congressional Gold Medal Moment To Share

On November 2, 2011, the long awaited Congressional Gold Medal (CGM) presentation to hundreds of Ja…

Rio Imamura • April 9, 2012

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Journal Entry #1973-1978: "Attack of the Robo-Romneys...

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

Neal Yamamoto • April 7, 2012

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Remembering or Remembrance?: A Year After 3/11, Yuriage, Japan

Just over a year ago in the northeast region of Japan known as Tohoku, Japanese as well as ex-patri…

Lorne Spry • April 6, 2012

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ボーダーを越えて受け入れられたウクレレ演奏: ジェイク・シマブクロさん

ウクレレ界のジミ・ヘンドリックスハワイが好きで、ハワイ暮らしの日本人のブログを毎日読むのが日課になっている。お気に入りのブログの中に、旅行代理店勤務の女性のものがあり、ワイキキ周辺で開催されるウクレ…

Keiko Fukuda • April 5, 2012

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Meeting of the Twain - Part 5 of 6

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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