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I remember as a child knowing that I didn’t look “American” and because of that s…

Koji Steven Sakai • Nov. 11, 2010

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

"Yokohama, California" – Toshio Mori

The ideals behind one of the most famous phrases in the United States’ Declaration of Indepen…

Latifa Maazouz • Nov. 10, 2010

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It’s good to say “I’m Nikkei” because I am part of something - Part 3

Part 2 >> The Nikkei in Peru Kaori is impressed by the way the Nikkei community in …

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Nov. 9, 2010

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ある帰米二世の軌跡: 歯科技工士ハワード・小川さん－その４

＞＞その３南カリフォルニア大学における人種差別1950年代を迎えると、三世の日系人が高等教育を受けるようになりました。そのなかでも、医療従事者を目指すものが増えてきました。ハワードさんの甥である、永…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Nov. 8, 2010

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My Life Between Two Cultures - Part 2

>> Part 14. The Inoue Family Meets Their American RelativesIn 1942, my relatives, like all th…

Kyoko Inoue • Nov. 8, 2010

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Journal Entry #Ø - Infinity: "Hey, I'm Laughing WITH you..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 6, 2010

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Japan in the World and the World

フロリダと天橋立～ヤマトコロニー先導者と丹後ちりめん－その１

明治時代にアメリカの南東部にあるフロリダ州に農業移民としてわたった人たちの歴史と、その地が現在モリカミ・ミュージアムという立派な博物館と日本庭園　に姿を変えていることを、過去2回にわたって紹介してき…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 5, 2010

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Japanese Canadian Internment World War II

I knew that the Japanese Canadians (JCs) had a rough time during WWII but I did not know how bad it…

Ed Mitoma • Nov. 5, 2010

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“Soy Sauce Runs Through My Veins” Owner of popular LA-area restaurants, Michael Cardenas

Working in and around the LA area, restaurant owner Michael “Mike” Cardenas manages sev…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 4, 2010

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Cultural challenges and differences in Etsu Sugimoto´s "A Daughter of the Samurai"

To be honest from the very beginning: When I registered for our lecture on “Japanese American…

Julia Schulte • Nov. 3, 2010

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