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NHK is Your Direct Line to Japanese News

The recent 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima went by quietly on American news (in part because there’s just so much news to ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #About 126 Million: "I'm Too Americanized..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “4 Things That Mystify Me About Modern Japanese Culture ...

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Japanese American Name Culture - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Cultural Heritage and Assimilation The names that immigrant parents select for their American-born children say something about culture, customs, hopes, and dreams ...

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Japanese American Name Culture - Part 1

Is it Eisenhauer or Eisenhower? Gonzalez or Gonzales? Yasuzo or Yasudo? Whether they are misspellings, attempts at assimilation, or expressions of individualism, the variations in ...

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75th Anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Internment

What was to be a simple, casual get-together to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Internment, a Nikkei “Woodstock-like Love-in” occurred at St ...

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Mike Saijo: Remaking the Rules Through Art

Mike Saijo vividly recalls the day art changed his life. “After college I went on a road trip as a ‘carnie,’ a carnival worker, to ...

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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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The Japanese American National Museum Serves Up East Side Sushi

The independent film East Side Sushi debuted in 2014 on the film festival circuit, and depicts a young single mother on her journey to become ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #12 Long Months: "Signs of the Times..."

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 ...

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Memory, Space, and Identity: The Experience of Japanese Immigrants in Maranhão

Japanese immigration reached almost the entire Brazilian territory, much of it due to the demand for land for the cultivation of horticultural crops in general ...