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Maryka Omatsu was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in 1993. It was a time when the Canad…

John Endo Greenaway • April 17, 2015

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The failed proposal to appoint a Japanese ambassador to Japan - "Japanese circumstances" stood in the way of Rep. Inoue

A Japanese-American should become ambassador to Japan. The first person to propose this to the Jap…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Dec. 22, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Complex Personalities

When my co-worker Cherie left for another gig, I made her an origami zebra that she named Erin. The…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • Oct. 8, 2014

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Maceo: East Beats Meets West

Maceo Hernandez is aptly nicknamed, “The Demon Drummer of East LA.” His story is one of…

Cathy Haruka Uechi • Aug. 5, 2014

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Journal Entry #USDA Recommends 2,200: "GUT CHECK..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 5, 2014

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The Real Lives of Origami Figures

It’s a thought that came to me while my wife and I were having breakfast at a diner recently&…

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura • May 7, 2014

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Only Some May Follow: Southern California, Asian Americans, and Housing during the Cold War - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Incidents in Southwood, a suburb just south of San Francisco, and Garden Grove…

Ryan Reft • Jan. 23, 2014

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Only Some May Follow: Southern California, Asian Americans, and Housing during the Cold War - Part 1

“Years of media abetted conditioning to the possibility of war, invasion, and conquest by wav…

Ryan Reft • Jan. 22, 2014

African Americans alien land laws Asian Americans California Cold War discrimination housing interpersonal relations Japanese American Citizens League Jefferson Park land tenure law Los Angeles Mexican Americans Munson Report race relations racism United States

The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> AL: Well, in terms of making a queer relationship visible, one thing that…

Andrew Way Leong • Jan. 11, 2013

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The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi - Part 1

Amy Sueyoshi, Associate Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, ha…

Andrew Way Leong • Jan. 10, 2013

Amy Sueyoshi California generations human sexuality immigrants immigration Issei Japan literature migration poetry poets Queer Compulsions (book) racism San Francisco United States Yonejiro Noguchi

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Interview: Judge Maryka Omatsu

The failed proposal to appoint a Japanese ambassador to Japan - "Japanese circumstances" stood in the way of Rep. Inoue

Complex Personalities

Maceo: East Beats Meets West

Journal Entry #USDA Recommends 2,200: "GUT CHECK..."

The Real Lives of Origami Figures

Only Some May Follow: Southern California, Asian Americans, and Housing during the Cold War - Part 2

Only Some May Follow: Southern California, Asian Americans, and Housing during the Cold War - Part 1

The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi - Part 2

The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi - Part 1