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My name is Nathan Kenji Kasai and I am a Japanese American student studying abroad in Kyoto. I&rsqu…

Nathan Kenji Kasai • May 9, 2011

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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 19

Read Part 18 >>COMMUNITY LIFEIn Hawaii and on the mainland. The Issei established their own h…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • May 9, 2011

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My Mother, My Anchor

My father died in my early twenties. His death devastated me in ways that I am still dealing with t…

Koji Steven Sakai • May 8, 2011

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Journal Entry #1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: "Apocalypse Now?..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • May 7, 2011

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

『鉄柵』　発展途上の帰米二世の文学－その4/6

＞＞その3編集者のひとり河合一夫は、樋江井良二のペンネームで書いている。彼はたいへんな文学青年で、岩波文庫をほとんど全巻揃えて収容所へ持ってきたほどの読書家だったという。詩は「君が像を彫れり」（創…

Sataye Shinoda • May 6, 2011

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 2

Read part 1 >> At Yama, where farming, daily reverence, and art converge, the ide…

Janet Ikeda • May 6, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

災害と在日日系人の情報網

今回の大地震は、千年に一度の大災害だという指摘もあるが、マグニチュード9.0という規模の地震は世界史上5番目になるという。地震がおきたのは、3月11日（金）の午後2時46分、その次の日には多くの在京…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 5, 2011

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Once again, Fujimori

Even when Alberto Fujimori is not the topic of conversation—and I haven’t changed my op…

Ariel Takeda • May 4, 2011

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Stan Sakai: The Cartoonist

When Stan Sakai’s father Akio heard that his son wanted to work as an illustrator of comic bo…

Chris Komai • May 4, 2011

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偉大なる彫刻家　ノグチ・イサムの生涯－その5/9

＞＞その41937年、メキシコからニューヨークに戻ったイサムは、初めての量産品「Radio Nurse」の制作を手がける。そして、1939年には、ニューヨークで初めてのテーブルのデザイン作品「Tab…

Koji Hirose • May 3, 2011

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