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As a child, Little Tokyo was my stomping grounds. My mom was a member of the Little Tokyo Library, and it felt like every other …
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Read Part 1 >>Her life drastically changed the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s infamous words, “a date …
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Saw it! I saw it, too! Saw it. Of course, I saw it, too.My heart skipped a beat the moment they met.Like in a dream, …
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その1>>台湾系日本人として台湾にルーツをもつ日本人であるわたしは、良くも悪くも、単一民族という考え方が浸透している日本の社会においては、異質な存在…
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Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave an unprecedented radio address at noon 65 years ago today, on August 15, 1945, to announce that Japan would surrender …
Read Part 7 >>Adams, Paul Strand, and the Nisei Point of ViewHammond also defended Adams’s style against critics who found his photographs lacking in pathos …
becky nao kicked me so my shins turned purple taunted me daily mimicking my voice becky nao believed there was only one slot for an …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "GODZILLA" Check back every weekend for subsequent entries... [inline:Journal_entry_1954_AD.jpg]
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その6>>『ポストン文藝』を多彩な総合雑誌にしているのは、芸能の記事や写真が華いだ雰囲気を添えているからであろう。この時期にもっとも人気のあったスタ…
On a hot sunny recent Saturday, The Nikkei Widowed Group of Los Angeles held its thirty-second annual installation luncheon. About 120 smartly dressed Nisei members, …
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