Born in Seattle, Washington, in 1927, Suma (Kato) Yagi was 15 years old when she and her family were forced …
Founded in 1951, the Yakima Valley Museum is located adjacent to beautiful Franklin Park. This 65,000 SF facility offers historical …
Paul Yamada, a free-lance writer for 35 years, specializes in music, the arts and literature. Paul considers himself ‘hapa’ with …
Born in Bebedouro, in São Paulo, Brazil, she has a Nursing degree from the University of São Paulo (USP). She …
Graduated from the Department of Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo. Dropped out of the doctoral program …
Mitsuye Yamada was born in Kyushu, Japan in 1923. She grew up in Seattle, Washington. In 1942, when Mitsuye was …
Born in Kochi Prefecture in 1947. At the age of 11, she moved with her family to the La Paz …
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1992. Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Meiji University. Visited Latin American countries such …
Leslie Yamaguchi is a High School English teacher in Southern California. She is a volunteer for the Japanese American National …
Gary Yamaguchi grew up going matsutake hunting, hiking, mountaineering, and fishing in the mountains surrounding Seattle. He went away for …
Rachel Yamaguchi was born and raised, a sansei, in Pasadena, California. She received her BA in History at UCLA and …
Joy Yamaguchi (she/they) is the Public Programs Coordinator at JANM. Joy is also a queer, mixed race, yonsei community organizer …
A resident of Chikura Town, Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture. A researcher at the NPO Awa Cultural Heritage Forum. Using photographs, …
Born in Aomori Prefecture in 1985. Graduated from International Christian University in 2008. Completed a master's degree in educational economics …
David Yamaguchi is an editor at The North American Post, Seattle’s Japanese community newspaper. A book David co-authored, The Orphan …
(Pen name) Member of the Immigration Research Society. Research topic is the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States …
Doctor of Literature (American Literature). Aims to interpret various aspects of society by reading texts and their surroundings. Reads works …
Born in Tokyo. Has lived in New York since 1993. Served as a correspondent for Esquire Japan and writes for …
Professor Emeritus at Ritsumeikan University. Specializes in Japanese American and Canadian literature. Major works include co-authored Reading Contemporary European Literature …
Japanese-Brazilian, 30 years old. Agronomist (graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil). Came to Japan as …
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