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Read Part 1 >> Long-time community caretaker “It might be because I spent such a long time in microbiology research, but I am always quick to ...
Masaru Tahara arrived in Seattle after World War II as a young man and sank roots into the Japanese American community, working actively with the ...
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6-Year Moving Preparations Opening up its first restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in July 2017, Rakkan Ramen expanded with a location at Redondo Beach in ...
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This month, we feature poetry in Nihongo (with English translation) from Tomiko Matsumoto and Gennosuke Matsumoto, who were both originally from Chiba and eventually married ...
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“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!” It’s a new year. For Americans, it’s their last holiday ...
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As a journalist—a journalism student, I should say—I interview people almost every day. My job is to tell stories, about the places I ...
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My feet are swollen and sore, and it’s all because of pork belly. In Japan we had a special distributor which brought our okonomiyaki ...
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During my involvement in Japanese American studies, from 1972 to the present, I have been struck by two simultaneous developments. The first is a growing ...
A-ra, I think, struggling to turn off the hot water shower faucet. My uncle. The last person in the whole wide world that I want ...
“I guess we are throwaway girls,” Risa says, helping me to unpack one of my boxes. I do not know why it is taking her ...
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