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Never Been Better: Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson Uses Romantic Comedy to Explore Mental Illness
TORONTO — Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson’s offbeat and big-hearted romantic comedy, Neve…

Kelly Fleck • May 14, 2024

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authors comedy fiction generational trauma generations Japanese Canadians Leanne Toshiko Simpson literature mental health Never Been Better (book) novels romances writers Yonsei
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Nikkei Paraguayan Identity Center: History, memory, identity and legacy
“We wanted any place in America to come and live. We heard very nice things about Paraguay,&r…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 14, 2024

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community centers Encarnación generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Association of Encarnacion (organization) Japanese language schools Japanese Paraguayans language schools migration Nikkei Paraguayan Identity Center Paraguay
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Much Mahalos
Life of One Pidgin Linguist: How Kent Sakoda became da Pidgin Yoda
Small kid time Kent Sakoda, 72 wuzn’t known as Kent “Yoda” Sakoda yet. He wuz j…

Lee A. Tonouchi • May 13, 2024

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Hawaii languages linguistics pidgin languages United States
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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered
Part I—The Early Years
Prominent among the few Issei to be accepted in mainstream American culture in the years befor…

Greg Robinson • May 12, 2024

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biographies California Fukushima Prefecture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan journalism Los Angeles migration Oregon plays Portland (Or.) prewar Tohoku United States University of Southern California
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #700 B.C. by Homer: "Screamin' Meemies..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 11, 2024

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cartoonists cartoons comics humor
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Hope and Connection in the Giorgiko Artistic Universe
Artistic duo Giorgiko is creating a universe. Giorgiko (pronounced JOR-jee-koh) is a collaborative …

Amelia Ino • May 10, 2024

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arts California Giant Robot Giant Robot Biennale 5 (exhibition) Giorgiko graphic arts Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Little Tokyo Los Angeles painting United States visual arts
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 14: Brazil Food Service, a company active in the South American agricultural and livestock industry
For the 14th installment, we spoke with Kenichi Kodera (66, Hokkaido), president of Brazil Food Ser…

Tomoko Oura • May 10, 2024

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agriculture animals Brazil business domestic animals economics food Japanese business enterprises Latin America livestock management
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Ministers, Dry Cleaners, Farmers, and Gardeners: The Original Taiko Drummers in the Continental United States—Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Sacramento’s “Fukushima Ondo” Musicians  In postwar…

Wynn Kiyama • May 9, 2024

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bon dance Buddhism communities continental U.S. dance drum Obon religions taiko
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Ministers, Dry Cleaners, Farmers, and Gardeners: The Original Taiko Drummers in the Continental United States—Part 1
From somewhere in the crowd of dancers, the sound of a large taiko (drum) echoes through the summer…

Wynn Kiyama • May 8, 2024

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bon dance Buddhism communities continental U.S. dance drum Obon religions taiko
bon dance Buddhism communities continental U.S. dance drum Obon religions taiko
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A vision, a path
Opening roads What was a dream is today a reality. The footprints well left on the paths of life a…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • May 7, 2024

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communities generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Masao Nakachi migration Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Peruvian Japanese Polyclinic physicians Ryoichi Jinnai Recreational Center
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