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A feel-good, nostalgic genre of Japanese dance tunes called City Pop has become the kitchen soundtrack for a community of Toronto chefs—one that sets the …
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I used to imagine my genes shooting sorry glances at me when I begged them, in a slightly religious way, to highlight my Caucasian features …
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Former Nelson Star editor, Greg Nesteroff, on January 21, 2015, wrote an article on names of Japanese Canadians scratched on the wall of the old …
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Natsukashii. That is the Japanese word that best expresses the feeling I get whenever I hear a song from “back in the day” – which, …
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Who does “Nikkeijin” refer to? Answering this question is not easy. Today they are defined as “Japanese immigrants who have moved overseas with the intention …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “New Era Astrology…” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries…
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“Half or more of those removed from the West Coast and incarcerated in concentration camps were children.” In recent years, this has to have become …
Aya Higashi, the last remaining Kaslo, British Columbia, resident interned there during the Second World War, died last year at 96. Higashi enjoyed a long …
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My dad turned 88 this year, so we had a big party for him. Turning 88 is perhaps not so rare as it once was, …
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In Japan, Okinawans have been in conflict with their government over the US base relocation. The word “immigration” may be one of the key words …
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