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Koji's Column

Samurais, Ninjas - Oh My!

A good friend of mine who works for a Japanese American historical organization recently received t…

Koji Steven Sakai • Jan. 23, 2007

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Spiritual journeys, done from home

I woke up at 6:07 a.m. last Friday morning to an NPR “Morning Edition” interview with G…

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 20, 2007

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Is it an advantage or not to be Nikkei?

La importancia de Yamato Damashi y el Yamato Nadeshiko

En el año 660 a.c. aparece en escena el primer Emperador del Japón con el nombre de J…

Emi Kasamatsu • Jan. 18, 2007

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Remedies for the common cold

I recently caught a winter cold. Although it’s never really winter in Southern California, th…

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 13, 2007

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Boars and fortune cookies

2007 marks another year of the boar since its last turn of the animal wheel twelve years ago. I am …

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 6, 2007

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Chinese zodiac fortune cookies identity personality psychology

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on a New Year and New Beginnings

Shinnen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! Happy New Year!It’s a new year and a time for new begi…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Jan. 5, 2007

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families food holidays Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni traditions

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Tamales for Christmas

Two days before Christmas Eve, I saw a news clip on television about a popular tamale place in East…

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 30, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

A Meditation on Nikkei Style

How do we define "the way of the Nikkei"? As Japanese Americans assimilate into the wider society t…

Sheridan Tatsuno • Dec. 27, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

Still Swingin'

I had no misgivings about my 65th birthday. But when the day finally arrived, an overpowering feeli…

George Yoshida • Dec. 27, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

Threads

A quiet revolution is underway, led by young Japanese-American visionaries who are redefining urban…

Nina Kahori Fallenbaum • Dec. 27, 2006

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Blacklava (firm) clothing fashion identity Kenshin Ichikawa Nina Kahori Fallenbaum Ryan Suda Zulu Williams

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