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Shinkichi Tajiri, a world renowned sculptor, celebrated his 80th birthday with a Netherlands exhibi…

Alice Murata • Sept. 13, 2006

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Sports, Community, and History: Reflections on Recording the Japanese American Experience in Chicago

Outside, the bone-chilling February winds are blowing fiercely off of Lake Michigan, but inside, th…

Alec Yoshio MacDonald • Sept. 12, 2006

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Gathering of Joy: A History of Japanese American Obon Festivals and Bon Odori

Obon is an annual Japanese Buddhist festival that commemorates the dead. It is based on a Buddhist …

Susan Osa • July 8, 2006

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Simple Instructions: Yoko Ono's Quest for Peace

“Who believes today that war can be abolished? No one, not even pacifists. We hope only (so f…

Tracy Fugami • May 4, 2006

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Snowflakes in a Valley of Fire

My mother told me one day that fear was useless in her life. Her statements confront what many of u…

Fredrick Cloyd • May 4, 2006

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The Good Fight: Betty Kano and Nina Fallenbaum

Last summer, soon after President Bush declared the war against Iraq “officially over,”…

Margaret Schulze • May 4, 2006

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Brandon Quan: A Modern MISer

When we think of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), it is almost always in the context of the…

Jessica Kawamura • Feb. 23, 2006

Remembered Valor: The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bruyères

“The best troops are called upon to do the hardest fighting. Whenever a general finds himself…

Greg Kimura • Feb. 23, 2006

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Thought Warrior: Shinkichi Tajiri

On December 7, 2003, on his 80th birthday, artist Shinkichi Tajiri was honored by the Dutch art wor…

Judith van Praag • Feb. 23, 2006

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Growing up Asian in Louisiana

I remember seeing an old black and white picture of my Japanese grandmother. We called her Momo. I …

Sydnie Kohara • Sept. 29, 2005

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Shinkichi Tajiri : World Renown Sculptor

Sports, Community, and History: Reflections on Recording the Japanese American Experience in Chicago

Gathering of Joy: A History of Japanese American Obon Festivals and Bon Odori

Simple Instructions: Yoko Ono's Quest for Peace

Snowflakes in a Valley of Fire

The Good Fight: Betty Kano and Nina Fallenbaum

Brandon Quan: A Modern MISer

Remembered Valor: The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bruyères

Thought Warrior: Shinkichi Tajiri

Growing up Asian in Louisiana