culture en

75 years after Japanese internment: Poetry tradition ripped away from Yakima Valley along with creators

Eight Japanese men gathered at the Tamagawa Tei restaurant on First Street in downtown Yakima to recite their poems and judge the others. On this ...

migration en

History of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony

On November 1, 2010, the American River Conservancy (ARC) purchased a 272-acre property called the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony. Wakamatsu Farm is approximately ...

community en

4 Bad Ass Issei Women You've Probably Never Heard of

If you’re into strong women who like to color outside the lines and aren’t afraid to take what’s theirs, then you came ...

politics en ja

Dual Citizenship in a Global Society

Last September, Renho Murata, a councilor in Japan known as “Renhō”, was grilled at bringing a charge of False Entries in the Original of Notarized ...

migration en

Nikkei View

Read Who, How and Why Japanese Settled in Colorado

Most books about Japanese Americans focus on the West Coast because that’s where Japanese first arrived and settled on the US mainland. So few ...

community en pt

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 ...

community en ja es pt

Japanese Immigrants Who Joined the Mexican Revolution

For Mexico, late 1910 was a time of great contrasts. On the one hand, the celebration of its first centenary in September of that year ...

identity en ja es pt

Nikkei Heritage

A Look at the Emigration of Identity from Japan to America

When we talk about the state of the Japanese American community today, one of the most common remarks is how incredibly diverse we are. Nikkei ...

community en ja es pt

Nikkei Chronicles #4 — Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

My Life, Our Life: The Present, The Past, and The Future

In this life we are the protagonists of a number of stories, but in many instances the actors remain unknown because their recollections have not ...

education en ja

Nikkei Educational Tour Visits Roots of Issei Immigrant in Montana

Sometimes I wonder what my standing is as a Nihonjin here in Seattle. I came from Japan in 1970 and was born in Japan before ...