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Quiet Warriors

Art Susumi

“No, I wasn’t afraid. I saw a lot of dead bodies around me during the war,” said Art Susumi, who became an undertaker at ...

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Quiet Warriors

Edie Horikawa

“At the field camp (in Europe), kids came to us begging for food, with pans in their hands. Hakujin soldiers kicked them or dumped their ...

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Waves of Pandemics and the Prewar Japanese Canadian Community

The 1918 influenza epidemic swept the world for two years, infecting 500 million people and killing approximately 50 million. The outbreak first infected World War ...

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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Every community has and needs services and other institutions. J-Town Toronto was no different. As I mentioned last month, Dr. Kuwabara (family ...

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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The Toronto Buddhist Church started life at 134 Huron Street, in the heart of J-Town, when the Buddhist Church committee purchased a ...

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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 1

Though not widely acknowledged, J-Town Toronto did exist. Very little of it can be found today and, back in the day, no one called it ...

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Tessaku

Santo Market Owners: Helen Santo

Read an interview with Earl Santo >> Helen, could you introduce yourself with your full name, your birthday, and where you were born? Helen Hiroko Kodama ...

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Santo Market Owners: Earl Santo - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> So coming back to San Jose, you resettled back here? Yes. Was the reason because your parents were already familiar with it ...

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Santo Market Owners: Earl Santo - Part 1

Any visit to the quaint neighborhood of San Jose’s Japantown often necessitates that you visit at least one of three institutions: the manju shop ...

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Little Tokyo - Coming Full Circle: Tsutomu Maehara and his family, Jo Ann and Chef Akira Hirose, embody the Little Tokyo spirit

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 ...