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Nikkei View: Thoughts on the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake and tsunami from a Japanese American in Denver

Unless you live in California, most Americans can’t imagine what it’s like to be in a m…

Gil Asakawa • March 19, 2011

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

青年活動から生まれた文芸誌『怒濤』－その2/5

＞＞その１2．鶴嶺湖男女青年団の結成隔離収容所となった1943年の秋ころから、青年団を作ろうという動きが起こったが、それが本格化したのは、さきに述べた「現状維持派」と「現状打破派」の対立が深刻になっ…

Sataye Shinoda • March 18, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Reflections on Alexandra Wallace and the "Remember Pearl Harbor" Gang

In one weekend, a video posted by UCLA student Alexandra Wallace exploded all over YouTube, spurrin…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 18, 2011

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Ricardo Fujita Kokubun: El dibujante

La crónica histórica y policial en tono de historieta tiene en Ricardo Fujita Kokubun…

Jhohana Pujay Huete +1 • March 17, 2011

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Value Messages Collide with Reality: Joseph Kurihara and the Power of Informal Education - Part 6 of 10

>> Read part 5During the day, Kurihara and his fellow soldiers were occupied with bivouac and…

Eileen H. Tamura • March 17, 2011

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From Densho's Archives

Hatsuji Becomes Harry: Names and Nisei Identity

“When I got married and had kids, I didn’t try to share with them too many Japanese thi…

Denshō • March 16, 2011

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

51回目の海外日系人大会と分科会の議論－その１

毎年10月に開催されている海外日系人大会は、昨年第51回目を迎え、テーマ毎の分科会方式で会議が進められた1。近年は欧州等からの参加者も多く、従来の移民というより新一世と言われる国際結婚の配偶者や元駐…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • March 15, 2011

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Akira Uchimura of the Nikkei Youth Network

One of the people I met on my recent trip to Japan was Akira Uchimura, the Executive Director of th…

Koji Steven Sakai • March 15, 2011

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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 11

Read part 10 >> DESERTS TO FARMLANDS Resolv…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • March 14, 2011

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Journal Entry #90221 to 90210: "Randy Newman Revisited..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • March 12, 2011

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