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Futon, Shoyu, and More: Japanese Words Incorporated into the Vocabulary of Brazil
It is common, in Brazil, for the descendant of Japanese to mix the Portuguese language with the Jap…

Meiry Mayumi Onohara • March 3, 2023

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Brazil Japanese Japanese language languages Portuguese language vocabulary
Brazil Japanese Japanese language languages Portuguese language vocabulary
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Toronto Japanese Canadian Duo Releases Groundbreaking EP
“Quiet now, there is not a thing besides the low, humming sound of the bodyIn my mouth, c…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 2, 2023

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Annie Sumi Brian Kobayakawa Canada Japanese Canadians Kintsugi (exhibition) music Ontario racially mixed people Toronto
Annie Sumi Brian Kobayakawa Canada Japanese Canadians Kintsugi (exhibition) music Ontario racially mixed people Toronto
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Former journalist and current VP of the U.S.-Japan Council — Fred Katayama
From Japanese society to white society Thirty years ago when I moved to Los Angeles, Tricia Toyota…

Keiko Fukuda • March 2, 2023

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Fred Katayama journalism journalists U.S.-Japan Council
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American Dream
For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twi…

Jackie Kojima • March 1, 2023

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An American Dream (opera) Arizona Asian Opera Alliance concentration camps imprisonment incarceration music Nina Yoshida Nelsen opera Poston concentration camp singing United States violins World War II camps
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Maia Harima – Distinctive Fashion Designer
Maia Harima is third-generation (Sansei), with family origins in Akita, Ibaraki, and Shiga prefec…

Ricardo G. Hokama • Feb. 28, 2023

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Argentina Buenos Aires fashion generations Japan La Plata Sansei The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad The Nikkei Scholarship The Nippon Foundation
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The Power of Irei
Remembering Them—Tsuchiya Family Honors Elders Through Ireichō
For as long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us as We remember them. …

Sharon Yamato • Feb. 27, 2023

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Ireichō Irei (project)
Ireichō Irei (project)
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Japanese Time ~History of Japanese Radio Broadcasting~ {Vancouver, Prewar Edition}
2nd Shinkosha "Japanese Song Broadcast"
In the second installment, we will introduce Shinkosha's "Japanese Song Broadcast," a…

Tetsuya Hirahara • Feb. 27, 2023

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British Columbia Canada Japanese radio programs prewar Shinkosha (firm) songs Vancouver (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada Japanese radio programs prewar Shinkosha (firm) songs Vancouver (B.C.)
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Yasuko Aratani—She Never Stopped Dreaming
As a business owner and volunteer in my community for many years, I have met a lot of interesting…

Kay Hirai • Feb. 26, 2023

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generations Idaho Minidoka (city) Nisei Puyallup temporary detention center Seattle temporary detention centers United States universities University of Washington Washington World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Only 2 Choices: "Do or Not Do..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 25, 2023

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cartoonists cartoons choice (psychology) decision making humor
cartoonists cartoons choice (psychology) decision making humor
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Yoshie Fujiwara and Japanese Americans II: A Day at the (Olympic) Races
Read Part 1 >> In the period after 1932, Yoshie Fujiwara made Japan his primary residence.…

Greg Robinson • Feb. 24, 2023

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California England Europe Fujiwara Opera Company hapa Italy Los Angeles New York (state) opera racially mixed people Scots singers tenors United Kingdom United States Yoshie Fujiwara
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