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He burned sensitive files while working for a foreign government. He said that he was not willing to fight for the United States and would …
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Making it to your 100th birthday is no small miracle. To turn 100 years old with your memory intact and a sense of humor, not …
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“Boys don’t cry.” That’s the mantra for how boys are raised in Brazil. And when they become adults, they’re told “Housework is a woman’s job” …
My daughter and I recently took the 180 mile trip from Placer County, California to my hometown, Fresno. Most of the trip is made on …
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約一年半の在外研究期間を日本で過ごし、久しぶりにブラジルに戻ってきた。1996年、筆者がブラジル渡航後に身を寄せた古巣であるサンパウロ人文科学研究所…
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On a visit to Japan nearly two decades ago, I learned that the folks I met were interested in Americans—not Asian or Japanese Americans, but …
Read Part 9 >> It was not until I looked at an online version of the 1944 Born Free and Equal (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/anseladams/ ) that I felt …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Of Mice and Mazes..." Check back every weekend for subsequent …
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はじめに 1955 年、ニューヨークで『 NY文藝』が創刊された。ロサンゼルスで『南加文藝』が創刊される10年前のことである。その第3号に「ニュ…
The Japanese here have a saying, “A wise man climbs Fuji-san once, a fool climbs it twice.” After getting myself and some friends up and …
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