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70th Anniversary of Fukuoka Kenjinkai Mexico
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Fukuoka Kenjinkai Mexico, Mr. Shozo Ogi…

Alberto Teramoto Ohara • Feb. 6, 2023

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anniversaries generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese prefectural associations Jyukichi Tsutsumi Mexico Fukuoka Kenjinkai migration Shozo Ogino Tameyasu Otsuka Todomu Matsushita Tokichi Baba Yoshio Hayashida
anniversaries generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese prefectural associations Jyukichi Tsutsumi Mexico Fukuoka Kenjinkai migration Shozo Ogino Tameyasu Otsuka Todomu Matsushita Tokichi Baba Yoshio Hayashida
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The “village of miracles” and the “promised land” - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> A new beginning in Brazil Rural poverty plagued Japan during the early 20th ce…

Edson Hiroshi Aoki • Aug. 11, 2021

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Brazil Christianity families Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Imamura village Japan São Paulo
Brazil Christianity families Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Imamura village Japan São Paulo
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The “village of miracles” and the “promised land” - Part 1
It is common to hear among Nikkei Brazilians that we are “Japanese in Brazil” and “Brazilians in Ja…

Edson Hiroshi Aoki • Aug. 10, 2021

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Brazil Christianity families Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Imamura village Japan São Paulo
Brazil Christianity families Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Imamura village Japan São Paulo
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Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II
Wakijiro Yuki's Detention Because of Kendo
Wakijiro Yahiro was born on April 8, 1885, in Kamisaigo-mura, a little fishing and farming villag…

Marissa Shoji • April 21, 2020

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California Crystal City internment camp Department of Justice camps Fukuoka Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Gatos migration Texas United States World War II camps
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Sadaharu Nishio, owner of Green Paradise Farm, which grows Japanese vegetables in Southern California
In the 1970s, he went to Oregon for agricultural training. We usually see Japanese vegetables in Ja…

Keiko Fukuda • May 20, 2016

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agriculture Buddhism California education farmers Fukuoka Prefecture Green Paradise Farm Hood River Japan Orange County Oregon religions Sadaharu Nishio Southern California training United States Vista Vista Buddhist Temple
agriculture Buddhism California education farmers Fukuoka Prefecture Green Paradise Farm Hood River Japan Orange County Oregon religions Sadaharu Nishio Southern California training United States Vista Vista Buddhist Temple
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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum
Kihachiro Tajima
Kimio Tajima was an American-born Nisei, but he died a Japanese soldier, while at war in New Guinea…

The Rafu Shimpo • Feb. 8, 2016

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada Fukuoka Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Kibei Kihachiro Tajima migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Nisei postwar Shin-Issei United States volunteerism World War II
British Columbia Burnaby Canada Fukuoka Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Kibei Kihachiro Tajima migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Nisei postwar Shin-Issei United States volunteerism World War II
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Imamura Church
Edson Aoki, a Japanese Brazilian, whom I just got to know, visited Tachiarai1, Fukuoka recently. Ta…

Rio Imamura • June 11, 2013

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Brazilians buildings churches Edson Aoki Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Japan migration Tachiarai
Brazilians buildings churches Edson Aoki Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Japan migration Tachiarai
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My Trip to the Orient - Part 7
Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa E…

Alyssa Erin Woo • Sept. 10, 2010

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atomic bomb Beppu Canadians families Fukuoka Prefecture Hakata identity Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture Oita Prefecture travel
atomic bomb Beppu Canadians families Fukuoka Prefecture Hakata identity Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture Oita Prefecture travel
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The year of a Brazilian across the world
Chapter 10: Memories of my exchange program in Fukuoka
At home, in Brazil, we always talked in Portuguese. During my adolescence, I attended Japanese clas…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • May 26, 2010

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Brazilians Fukuoka Prefecture Japan Nikkei in Japan
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Kikue Harada, una obaachan de armas tomar
“¿Para qué?”, pregunta varias veces Kikue Harada. No se explica por qu&ea…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • July 16, 2014

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Cañete Fukuoka Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Lima migration Peru
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