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“Let me microwave something real quick.” It seems fitting that this is the first thing Gil Asakawa says to me before we start our phone …
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Like many people, and especially many Japanese Americans, I’m a big fan of George Takei. I’ve followed his career since I first saw him in …
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Here’s all the dirt on my feelings about cleaning. I don’t have the joy of cleaning. Maybe it’s because I’m male. Maybe it’s because my …
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During a recent trip to San Francisco to attend the annual conference of the Asian American Journalists Association, I squeezed in two readings from the …
I’m a foodie. Everyone knows this. I write about food, I take photos of food everywhere I dine, I love to cook, and I love …
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Unless you live in California, most Americans can’t imagine what it’s like to be in a minor earthquake, never mind a major one. As a …
Unlike other Asian cultures, the Japanese don’t celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead, they celebrate the Western calendar New Year, January 1, and some of the …
“Do you have to go benjo?” If you know what this phrase means, there’s a high probability that you’re Japanese American. And there’s also a …
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Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, Gosei. It never occurred to me that I would live to see five generations of Japanese Americans, but I have. When …
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