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So far. The Mister Donut where I’m sitting has been a good metaphor for my experience in Send…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 26, 2013

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Up and Down Mt. Fuji

The Japanese here have a saying, “A wise man climbs Fuji-san once, a fool climbs it twice.&rd…

Nathan Kenji Kasai • Aug. 26, 2011

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2 Months In

I’ve been in Japan in for about 2 months and at this point I’ve settled into life prett…

Nathan Kenji Kasai • June 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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The Hopeful Child

In 1990 Japan revised its immigration law, allowing the Brazilians of Japanese descent to work in t…

Ricardo Yamamoto • Dec. 1, 2010

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The year of a Brazilian across the world

Chapter 10: Memories of my exchange program in Fukuoka

At home, in Brazil, we always talked in Portuguese. During my adolescence, I attended Japanese clas…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • May 26, 2010

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“I am an American first and foremost and I am black” -- American Enka singer Jero

Today, in the uniquely traditional world of Japanese enka, there is no bigger new name than Jero. …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 1, 2010

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AT MID DISTANCE: Japanese-Brazilian models and the Acquired Haafu Status

Brazilian nikkeis and their families began to arrive in Japan massively in the early 90´s pul…

Ricardo Yamamoto • Jan. 7, 2010

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

移民労働の受入れ議論が再燃

2014年現在、この日本で30年前と同様に一部の業界で発生している人手不足を理由に、外国人労働者の受入れ議論が展開されている。2020年の五輪開催に必要なインフラ建設、既存のインフラ補修、東日本の震…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 21, 2014

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

在日フィリピン人の中日系人〜南米の日系人との共通と違い

フィリピンの国柄や国民性をみると、何となく南米諸国に類似したところがある。在日ペルー人やアルゼンチン人は、彼らに親近感を覚えるという。工場やお弁当製造といった職場でラティーノとフィリピン人が知り合う…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Sept. 5, 2013

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Kannagara no michi: "Musings from Mister Donut"