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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #100-99-98...:"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "School games I hated (and feared!)"

二つの国の視点から

アケミ・キクムラ=ヤノ ~ ミクロとマクロの視点で日系人史を再構築する人類学者-その3

Tatsuya Sudo

>>その2

父の教えを受け継いで

キクムラが自分史を完結させるためには、父、三郎のことも書く必要があった。三郎は1953年、アケミが9歳のときに不慮の事故で亡くなっていたため、母のときのように本人からの聞き書きができず、彼の周囲にいた人たち、すなわち、母、兄妹、日本の親類などから話を聞く必要があった。そのため、三郎のことをまとめた『Promises Kept(守られた約束)』を完成させるのに、一作目の『Through Harsh Winters』から10年を要した。守られた約束とは何だったのか、若干ミステリーでも読むような気持ちでこの本を読み始めた。

J. Marion Wright: Los Angeles' Patient Crusader 1890-1970 - Part 1

Janice Marion Wright LaMoree

Firehorses need exercise. For the youngsters on 15th Street in early Los Angeles, it was a thrill of a lifetime to sit on a big broad horse, legs astraddle, as the animal galloped up and down dusty Hill Street. Young boys were glad to “help” the firemen in this way. ...

I Am Job

Leah Nanako Winkler

I was fourteen when I got my first job as a cashier at a Japanese convenience store in Lexington, Kentucky. We sold imported goods like Haichu and Pocky at inflated prices and welcomed each customer with a pleasant “irasshai mase!”

Um Olhar sobre o ‘Movimento Dekassegui’ de Brasileiros ao Japão no Balanço do Centenário da Imigração Japonesa ao Brasil - Parte 2

Elisa Massae Sasaki

>> Parte 1

A partir de 2000

A partir de 2000, começou a aumentar o número de brasileiros com visto permanente no Japão. Isso significa que a estada deles veio aumentando nesse país. Desde que os brasileiros passaram a permanecer por mais tempo no Japão, os problemas ...

Arcadia, No. 2 - Part 2

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey

>> Part 1

A temporary school was organized to make up for three months of lost time. We were scattered in small clusters across the bleachers in the grandstand. The clamor was overwhelming. Most of the time I could barely hear our teacher, Miss Nakasuji.

海を渡った日本の教育

第11回 北パラナ地方(2)

Sachio Negawa

サンパウロ州境のカンバラからはじまった日系移民の北パラナへの入植は、同地方の開発とともに1930年代に広がりを見せ、日系教育もそれにしたがって拡大していった。ブラジル日系教育の統括機関であるサンパウロ日本人学校父兄会が1936年にブラジル日本人教育普及会改組され、会長に元外交官の古谷重綱が就任した。この普及会は、ブラジル国内に第1から第6支部を創設したが、第3支部に北パラナのカンバラ区、ロンドリーナ区、トレス・バラス区が入っている(ブラジル日本人教育普及會, 1937, p.47)。

The East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center - The Founders

Edward Moreno

Till you start talking to them, personally, you’ll never know for sure, what brought to life the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center we so much enjoy. “Them,” of course, is The Founders. Many are already gone, and you kick yourself for not having caught them on tape or ...

Futuro Colectivo

Encuentros con Nikkei

Victor Nishio Yasuoka

En lo que he viajado por el continente americano (norte y sur) poco contacto con Nikkeis he tenido, algunos gratos mas, efímeros y casuales.

A Brief History of Taiko - Part 1

Masumi Izumi

Percussion is probably the oldest musical instrument in human civilization. In fact, it is older than written language. In Yoruba Land in Nigeria, for example, drums have been used as speech surrogate for thousands of years. Dundun, or talking drum, could be heard from as far as two miles away. ...

The Asian American Literary Review

Karen Tei Yamashita - Part 1

Kandice Chuh

I flew out to California on 12 November 2009 to interview Karen Tei Yamashita on the eve of the publication of I Hotel, her newest work. We began the day in conversation over lunch, moved to a more formal interview conducted at her home, and ended with dinner. What appears ...

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #4x4 Beat: "A Musical Interlude..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, the songs that are stuck in Neal's head...

二つの国の視点から

アケミ・キクムラ=ヤノ ~ ミクロとマクロの視点で日系人史を再構築する人類学者-その2

Tatsuya Sudo

>>その1

戯曲「賭博場」で扱った衝撃のテーマ

私がキクムラを知ったのは、1985年2月8日、当時、ロサンゼルスのサンタモニカ通りにあった EWP(現在はリトル・トウキョウにある)でのことだった。この頃、ロサンゼルスに住んでいた私はEWPの作品は欠かさず観にいっていた。この日、彼女が書いた戯曲、「The Gambling Den (賭博場)」という作品が上演された。アメリカ日系人社会における被差別部落の問題を取り扱った芝居で、私は椅子からすべり落ちるほど強い衝撃に襲われた。アメリカで日本の被差別部落のことを考えさせられるとは思ってもみなかったし、日系社会にそのような差別があることを知らなかったからである。それも演劇という媒体を通して、というのがショッキングだった。

Historian Linda Gordon’s new Dorothea Lange bio

Nancy Matsumoto

I attended a fascinating discussion recently at the New York Public Library, featuring NYU history professor Linda Gordon in conversation with New Yorker writer Ian Frazier. The topic of discussion was Gordon’s extensively researched and beautifully written new biography, Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (W.W. ...

Nikkei Heritage

Doug Kagawa: Scoring Points for Character

Masao Ito Taylor

Since 1977, Doug Kagawa has worked as head coach of varsity basketball at Albany High School in Albany, CA. In speaking with him, I learned a high school coach is motivated by the sport, the students, and the constant quest to create the chemistry that makes a winning team.

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