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“Now I stand in the twilight of my life,” Shigeo Takayama writes, in the introduction t…

Darryl Mori • March 7, 2007

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Hinamatsuri in the United States

Hinamatsuri literally translates as Doll Festival, but is often referred to as Girl’s Day. Ce…

Susan Osa • March 2, 2007

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Japanese school memories, Part I

I recently had a conversation with an old high school friend reminiscing what we did on the weekend…

Victoria Kraus • March 2, 2007

News from Nippon Mura, Brazil

カデイアと日本人移民

第二次世界大戦中北米の日本人移民が、収容所生活を強いられたことは広く知られている。移民先国と祖国が敵同士となったのはブラジル日本人移民も同じだ。ブラジルには収容所こそなかったが、やはり敵国人として…

Shigeo Nakamura • March 1, 2007

Brazil communities World War II

Being Nikkei in Peru: A mark of identity

La nación okinawense en Perú

En la actualidad, la gran mayoría de descendientes japoneses en Perú tienen sus ra&ia…

Doris Moromisato • Feb. 27, 2007

Hopeless romantic semi-feminism: A follow-up on Valentine’s Day

I must reaffirm that being a hopeless romantic does not take away from me being anti-chauvinist. Th…

Victoria Kraus • Feb. 23, 2007

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Citizen First

Anyone who wasn’t actively helping the Jews and other displaced people in Nazi Germany were a…

Koji Steven Sakai • Feb. 22, 2007

Japanese American Resettlement: Through the Lens

In this short essay I’d like to describe a new manuscript in progress, tentatively titled Jap…

Lane Ryo Hirabayashi • Feb. 22, 2007

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Is it an advantage or not to be Nikkei?

La situación de la inmigración japonesa de la post segunda guerra mundial

Muchos fueron las dificultades, los sufrimientos y los vejámenes que habían tenido qu…

Emi Kasamatsu • Feb. 20, 2007

Cross-culturing Valentine’s

I don’t consider myself a feminist. Mainly because I am, painful as it is to admit, a hopeles…

Victoria Kraus • Feb. 16, 2007

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The Extraordinary Journey of Shigeo Takayama

Hinamatsuri in the United States

Japanese school memories, Part I

カデイアと日本人移民

La nación okinawense en Perú

Hopeless romantic semi-feminism: A follow-up on Valentine’s Day

Citizen First

Japanese American Resettlement: Through the Lens

La situación de la inmigración japonesa de la post segunda guerra mundial

Cross-culturing Valentine’s