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Mitch Homma: Preserving and Sharing Family History
Mitch Homma, a 3rd generation Japanese American, grew up and still lives in Southern California. He…

Karen Kawaguchi • Aug. 9, 2022

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Amache Alliance (organization) Amache concentration camp American Baptist Churches USA Baptists buildings California churches Colorado concentration camps family histories Gardena Gardena Valley Baptist Church genealogy Japan migration missionaries Mitch Homma religion Southern California United States World War II World War II camps
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Vini Taguchi: A Civil Engineer for Social Justice—Part 1
Vinicius “Vini” Taguchi personifies the cross cultural, interconnected reach of today&r…

Esther Newman • July 27, 2022

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Brazil China families Germany identity Japan Manchuria names São Paulo Vinicius Taguchi
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Sansei Natsukashii
During World War II, my Nisei mother and her family were sent from Honolulu to a concentration camp…

Alden M. Hayashi • July 19, 2022

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families Iwakuni Japan Kintaikyo bridge mothers Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Umeshu: Drinking Past and Present
Every summer I drive to the local Japanese markets to look for them—the small, green ume that…

Cody Uyeda • July 11, 2022

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alcoholic beverages beverages liquors plum wines traditions umeshu
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Papa Doesn’t Smile Anymore
I remember when my grandpa had a garden full of hibiscus, plumeria and many other various flowers…

Kara Yokoyama • June 29, 2022

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Alzheimer's disease families
Alzheimer's disease families
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Nantu, the Mochi of Uchina
As Nikkei, we have inherited a culture that our ancestors brought from Japan. My grandparents, who …

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • June 8, 2022

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communities families food Japan mochi Okinawa Prefecture Peru Uchina
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Power of Our Stories
Tsunagu: Connecting Family Stories through the Generations
I have a curiosity about my father’s family history. Why did my grandfather cross a vast ocea…

Lucy Komori • June 7, 2022

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Canada family histories genealogy generations Japanese Canadians preservation Tsunagu (website)
Canada family histories genealogy generations Japanese Canadians preservation Tsunagu (website)
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Nikkei Families in Cuzco
The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Peru as contract workers for the coastal plantations. It…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 6, 2022

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Enrique Kawamura families Harumi Suenaga Michika Kawamura Peru photographs photography
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The Kai family: A Transnational Nisei Story - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> An intriguing pendant to the life of Yoshio Kai is the story of his sister Mi…

Greg Robinson • June 2, 2022

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Columbia University Library families Kai family Miwa Kai music New York (N.Y.) pianists prewar
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Three Nikkei in digital trades
In recent years, various jobs have emerged that meet the needs of a market full of websites, social…

Javier García Wong-Kit • May 23, 2022

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aesthetics digital communications families metaphysics Peruvians psychology theory of knowledge values
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