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Book Review - Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Canadian Perspective

Tatsuo Kage’s Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Canadian Perspective is an opportunity. It is an opportunity not only to re-read passages from Tatsuo ...

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Fujie Yamasaki, Well-Liked War Bride

Fujie Yamasaki is a person who many readers know. For many years, she was a regular presence at the Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival. Until recently ...

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Masaru Tahara, Japanese Community Service of Seattle Former Co-Chairman - Part 2

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 ...

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Masaru Tahara, Japanese Community Service of Seattle Former Co-Chairman - Part 1

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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Ryohei Ito: Rakkan Ramen owner who came to the US in 2017

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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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Longing

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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Oshogatsu and New Year’s Celebration in Nikkei Communities in Los Angeles

“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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Interview with Masako Kanazawa

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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As You Like It

Chapter Three—The Perfect Cut

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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Scholars Showcase Future of Diverse Nikkei Community

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 ...