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Marjorie Chan and I sat in the teal blue armchairs in my apartment nibbling rice crackers and sippi…

Joy Kogawa • Jan. 9, 2011

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Journal Entry #1/1/11 + 7 Days: "I Resolve..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 8, 2011

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

幻の文芸誌『收穫』－その1/4

はじめに1930年代の半ばに刊行された同人誌『收穫』は長い間、幻の文芸誌だった。創刊当時から注目されていて、『加州毎日新聞』『羅府新報』などの文芸欄には『收穫』が発行されるたびにその知らせの記事が掲…

Iwao Yamamoto • Jan. 7, 2011

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Mochitsuki Tradition: Mochi Making the Old School Way

Like turkey on Thanksgiving for Americans, a “must have” for Japanese and Nikkei around…

Soji Kashiwagi • Jan. 7, 2011

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Japoneses la comunidad en busca de un nuevo sol naciente - Parte 6

Parte 5 >> LA CONCENTRACIÓN EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: NUEVA EMIGRACI&Oacut…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Jan. 6, 2011

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Japanese people beyond the Andes

タイムスリップ・リベラルタ　1999年－日系3世に生まれて－その2

＞＞その１ところで私の祖父林田両太郎は、1908年4月7日に、第5回航海船「厳島丸」で横浜港を出発しました。当時、22歳という若さでした。5月21日にペルーのカリャオ港に到着し、オルヤで汽車を降り…

Yasukara Hayashida • Jan. 5, 2011

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Seven Arrows Student Creates DVD with Uncle’s Story of Hiroshima

Cole Kawana, a sixth grader at Seven Arrows School, recorded an oral history of his great-uncle, Ar…

Sue Pascoe • Jan. 5, 2011

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Japanese people beyond the Andes

タイムスリップ・リベラルタ　1999年－日系3世に生まれて－その１

私は日本人を祖父に持つ日系3世のボリビア人です。しかし18歳になるまで、日本語や日本文化を学ぶことはありませんでした。父は、日系2世でしたが、父も私もボリビアで生まれ、教育もボリビア人として受けまし…

Yasukara Hayashida • Jan. 4, 2011

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Nima-kai Says…baka?

We’ve been “testing” out something this year at Discover Nikkei. It’s a Fam…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Jan. 4, 2011

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Chris Aihara, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

Chris Aihara is the Executive Director of the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JA…

Koji Steven Sakai • Jan. 3, 2011

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