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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

In Remembrance of the Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami: An Interview with The Hidden Japan’s Derek Yamashita — Part 1

Since 2011, March 11 has become a day of remembrance for the hundreds of thousands of Japanese li…

Japanese American National Museum • March 10, 2023

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On Nikkei

#25 Recollections of Toru Suwa, a photojournalist living in America with a camera

Inspired by Kenichi Horie and Minoru Oda Kenichi Horie (84), an ocean adventurer, was recently awar…

Ryusuke Kawai • March 10, 2023

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Akira Suwa photojournalism

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Barbed Wire, Guard Tower, Tar Paper Barracks, Roll Call

The Tule Lake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds Museum is miles from the Tule Lake camp site. It’s a…

Tamiko Nimura • March 9, 2023

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Tea with my Ancestors

It’s the last day of February. In these final hours of the month, as I lay trying to figure o…

Jessica Huey • March 8, 2023

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The Higas, A Family with a Legacy in the Nikkei Community

Originally from the island of Okinawa, the Japanese surname Higa is one of the most common in that …

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 8, 2023

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Haroldo Higa Peru

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Seiichi Higashide — A Man With Three Homelands

In my efforts to learn about Nisei soldier history, I inevitably began to learn more about the inca…

Byrnes Yamashita • March 7, 2023

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Adios to Tears (book) Crystal City internment camp Crystal City (Texas) Department of Justice camps Hawaii Japanese Latin Americans Panama Peru Redress movement Seiichi Higashide Texas United States World War II camps

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Fresno Stories

Dutch Leonard - The Ballplayer who challenged Fresno's racism

“Dutch” Leonard is no longer a household name, but he left behind an enduring reputat…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 6, 2023

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Japanese Time ~History of Japanese Radio Broadcasting~ {Vancouver, Prewar Edition}

The 3rd Niimi Shokai "Popular Song Broadcast"

In the third installment, we will write about Niimi Shokai's "Popular Song Broadcasting,&q…

Tetsuya Hirahara • March 6, 2023

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British Columbia Canada Japanese radio programs Nihon Jikan (book) prewar Vancouver (B.C.)

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Tokita Tales

Lessons Realized

Have you ever thought about the lessons you learned from your parents? When did you realize that …

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • March 5, 2023

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #15th C. Prose: "Weapons are Bad for Me..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • March 4, 2023

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