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She nevah really thought about ‘em, but artist Kris Goto, 36, she been living in Hawai&lsqu…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Feb. 29, 2024

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The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii During World War II

In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941…

Olivia Tasevski • Feb. 28, 2024

What’s the Cost of a Family Secret?

A California Writer on the Aunt He Never Knew He Had—and the Lessons She Taught Him Is the…

Joe Mathews • Feb. 27, 2024

Episode 46: Who is Rihana in the painting?

On her 27th birthday, Hana got married to her husband, Eiji, who was three years younger than her a…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Feb. 27, 2024

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Alan Nishio—The Fighter Who Kept Defying the Odds

The first time I realized Alan Nishio’s health was in decline was on November 19, 2022 when I…

Guy Aoki • Feb. 26, 2024

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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family

Chapter 6—Life after Retirement and Vision for the Japanese Canadian Community

Read Chapter 5 >> From 2019 Shig and Akemi gradually started to retire from their groce…

Stanley Kirk • Feb. 25, 2024

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Journal Entry #Coined in '83: "They're All Around Us..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 24, 2024

Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters

Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Nor…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 23, 2024

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No. 45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of Anshuu (Darkness) — Part 1

Juliet Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-Ameri…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 23, 2024

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Aiko Yamada: Eisa to Remember Peru

Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto grew up in Lima, Peru, but her connection to traditional eisa dance of Okinaw…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 22, 2024

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Big in Hawai‘i—Artist Kris Goto shares how she levels up