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Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave an unprecedented radio address at noon 65 years ago today, on August…

Gil Asakawa • Aug. 16, 2011

China Manchuria World War II

Documenting Manzanar - Part 8 of 18 (Ansel Adams)

Read Part 7 >>Adams, Paul Strand, and the Nisei Point of ViewHammond also defended Adams&rsqu…

Nancy Matsumoto • Aug. 15, 2011

Ansel Adams California concentration camps Dorothea Lange Manzanar concentration camp photography Toyo Miyatake United States World War II camps

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becky nao kicked me so my shins turned purple taunted me daily mimicking my voice becky nao believe…

Yuri Kageyama • Aug. 13, 2011

Asian Americans literature poetry

Journal Entry #1954AD: "Atomic Age Daikaiju..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 13, 2011

cartoonists cartoons comics Godzilla (fictitious character)

Research on Japanese American Literary Magazines: Focusing on Japanese Language Magazines

望郷の総合雑誌　－　『ポストン文藝』　その7/8

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ーは、日本舞踊家の藤間勘須磨（濱口須磨子）で、彼女…

Sataye Shinoda • Aug. 12, 2011

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Partying Like a Nikkei Widow or Widower - Part 1

On a hot sunny recent Saturday, The Nikkei Widowed Group of Los Angeles held its thirty-second annu…

Nancy Matsumoto • Aug. 12, 2011

California communities generations Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Japanese language newspapers Los Angeles marital status men newspapers Nikkei Widowed Group of Los Angeles Nisei Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) United States widowers widows women World War II camps Wyoming

Aldo Shiroma in Flight: "We have to believe in the impossible" - Part 1 of 2

“Pigs aren’t the only ones that can fly” is the title of sculptor Aldo Shiroma&rs…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Aug. 11, 2011

Aldo Shiroma artists Peru sculptures

A Heart Without Boundaries - Part 1

This is a paper that I wrote for my Intro to Asian American Studies class at UC Berkeley in Fall of…

Maya Kochiyama • Aug. 10, 2011

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Chapter 4: It’s A Carnival!

The Carnival is the biggest event in Brazil. The Portuguese brought this Pagan tradition to Brazil …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Aug. 10, 2011

Brazil carnivals festivals matsuri São Paulo

ある日系人との出会いから ―その1/2

日本人にとって日系人は、遠くて近い存在なのでしょうか？確かに、日本人と日系人の関係は、日本がはじめた日米戦争によって、亀裂ができてしまったとされています。そのため、多くの日本人にとって、日系人につい…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Aug. 9, 2011

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“Escape from Manchuria” chronicles a forgotten chapter of WWII history