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Kin was Much More than Kind: The Japanese Student Who Transformed Maryville

Kin Takahashi, a Japanese student at Maryville College in Eastern Tennessee at the turn of the 20th century, attracted nationwide attention for his achievements on ...

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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

Part 5: Seeing Irwin

Read Part 4 >> Here are places where you can see exhibits, artifacts, documents, etc., related to Robert Walker Irwin. * * * * * Hawaiian Minister’s Ikaho Villa, Shibukawa ...

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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

Part 4: World War II in Japan and Grandchildren

Read Part 3 >> Despite racial prejudice and government pressure to move to the US, Irwin's children and grandchildren remained in Japan during the war ...

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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

Part 3: Biracial Children

Read Part 2 >> Irwin's children were biracial in Japan, highly unusual at the time. They didn't feel completely Japanese in Japan nor completely ...

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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

Part 2: Father of Kanyaku Imin Emigration to Hawaiʻi

Read Part 1 >> Successfully negotiated by Irwin and his close friend Inouye Kaoru, Japan's Foreign Minister, Kanyaku Imin was a government-contract immigration program that ...

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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

Part 1: Hawaiian Minister to Japan

*Japanese names in this article follow the Japanese convention of the family name coming before the given name. Irwin arrives in Yokohama in 1866 during ...

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Yamato Colony: A Japanese Village in Southern Florida

When asked to review Yamato Colony: The Pioneers Who Brought Japan to Florida for the Discover Nikkei site, I was delighted to oblige for two ...

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Ryohei Ito: Rakkan Ramen owner who came to the US in 2017

6-Year Moving Preparations Opening up its first restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in July 2017, Rakkan Ramen expanded with a location at Redondo Beach in ...

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A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Takeshi (Tak) Matsuba

Part 7: Formation of JC Exiles Group in Kansai, Life after Retirement

Involvement in forming and leading the JC Exiles Group in Kansai Following the official apology in 1988 by the prime minister of Canada to Japanese ...

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An Important Anniversary

…for me and my family anyway. Back in 1920, my father first came to Canada from a small village called Kiyama, Fukui-ken, Japan. His father ...