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The Art of Gaman: Enduring the Seemingly Unbearable with Patience and Dignity

Looking through the pages of Delphine Hirasuna’s The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the J…

Sigrid Hudson • Dec. 1, 2006

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arts Delphine Hirasuna

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Thanksgiving dinner with other than the traditional trimmings

The only part of Thanksgiving I look forward to is the four-day weekend. The food is ok. Typical Am…

Victoria Kraus • Nov. 25, 2006

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Is it an advantage or not to be Nikkei?

Trayectoria de los primeros japoneses en el Paraguay

Haciendo una reseña histórica acerca del movimiento de los japoneses al exterior y so…

Emi Kasamatsu • Nov. 22, 2006

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Paraguay

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Voices of Chicago

Connecting Cultures through Kimono and Sari

On a February morning when a faint hint of spring was in the air, a diverse group of Chicagoans gat…

Dean Raffaelli • Nov. 18, 2006

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On hugs

I’m generally not the hugging type. I’ll hug if I’m at a function where everybody…

Victoria Kraus • Nov. 18, 2006

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On being half

The "being half" experience, specifically for Japanese and white American mixes, vary. Some are mor…

Victoria Kraus • Nov. 11, 2006

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From Densho's Archives

World War II Volunteers

The nisei veterans have been called everything from heroes to cultural icons to saviors of the Japa…

Denshō • Nov. 8, 2006

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armed forces retired military personnel veterans World War II

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La inmigración japonesa en el Paraguay: Trayectoria de los 70 años

Las inmigraciones japonesas en las Americas datan desde los año 1868 a Hawai a donde que se …

Emi Kasamatsu • Nov. 4, 2006

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I like Enka

I listen to enka. Mostly in the car. Enka is a traditional form of Japanese music that originated i…

Victoria Kraus • Nov. 4, 2006

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Voices of Chicago

Day of Remembrance 2006

Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, Gosei. It never occurred to me that I would live to see five generati…

Jean Ikezoe-Halevi • Oct. 31, 2006

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communities Day of Remembrance Erin Yoshimura Gil Asakawa World War II

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