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Longtime residents will tell you that Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo almost died in the 1990s. Lasting physical and psychological scars lingered from unjust incarceration during ...
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For many of the issei interned by the Justice Department during World War II, their years in confinement posed serious questions of loyalty and identity ...
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We know that many Japanese came to Brazil over 100 years ago. They brought their culture with them, which their descendants preserve, but at the ...
Community control over land in Little Tokyo is one of the few strategies that will help prevent displacement of legacy small businesses. The Little Tokyo ...
Back in the day, when the brain trust of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) in Toronto was arguing about a new building, the question ...
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Pawn, tower, horse, bishop, and king, in Brazil, these names refer to chess pieces. Not that chess is extremely popular in this country it is ...
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Read Part 1 >> What does being Nikkei mean to you today? Being Nikkei today means being aware of who I am regarding my personal history ...
Nation of Birds What if our only home were the air And our wings flapping through it? And time the space we lived in And ...
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Japanese New Years was one of the few traditions that made the jump when my great grandparents, like many others, left Japan for a better ...
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If you’re a Japanese-American who lives on the East or West Coast, chances are, there are myriad ways to celebrate and nurture your Nikkei ...
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