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

Neal Yamamoto • May 29, 2010

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Oregon Nikkei History: A Brief Summary - Part 2

Part 1 >>Second World WarThe relatively tranquil life of the Japanese in Oregon came to an ab…

Oregon Nikkei Endowment • May 28, 2010

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The Message of Shonien: Mits Yamasaki

Next year, it will have been 95 years since the Japanese Children’s Home of Southern Californ…

Yukikazu Nagashima • May 27, 2010

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Ba-chan’s Story: Thoughts and recollections of a Japanese Canadian growing up in Canada - Part 1

Introduction* Ba-chan’s Story (Grandmother’s Story) all began because Dr. Midge (Michi…

Yoshimi Susan Maikawa • May 26, 2010

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The year of a Brazilian across the world

Chapter 10: Memories of my exchange program in Fukuoka

At home, in Brazil, we always talked in Portuguese. During my adolescence, I attended Japanese clas…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • May 26, 2010

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Margaret Kasahara’s pop art pokes at Asian stereotypes

Margaret Kasahara was almost half an hour late to the opening reception of her first Denver solo ex…

Gil Asakawa • May 25, 2010

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles - 2010

Frying Fish: In for the Long Haul

As a young man, Sadahiko Akimoto met his wife Yuko when she emigrated from Japan to the U.S. after …

David Minguez • May 24, 2010

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Journal Entry #3am - 4am: "Restless Dreams..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • May 22, 2010

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Oregon Nikkei History: A Brief Summary - Part 1

Early Japanese Settlers in OregonIn 1880 27-year-old Miyo Iwakoshi emigrated from Japan to Oregon w…

Oregon Nikkei Endowment • May 21, 2010

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Gambare!

Together with the concepts of honor, duty, and self-respect, Gambare—also ganbare—ranks…

Edward Moreno • May 20, 2010

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