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Read Chapter 5 >> From 2019 Shig and Akemi gradually started to retire from their grocery chain business. Their daughter’s husband joined Fujiya after graduating from …
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“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin presentations. That’s how John remembers his …
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Stephen Nelson has always had a strong interest in history, but because of his new position as a broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he …
For one last time, the students of Fujima Kansuma Kai performed and at the conclusion, bowed to their beloved Osho-san as paper pink petals drifted …
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Read Chapter 12 (Part 1) >> PROBLEMS OF TEXTBOOKS One of the North American Times1 articles (Feb. 13, 1919 issue) talks about the discuission about …
Many Nisei were born as a result of picture marriages, which I wrote about in the last chapter of this series. Providing Japanese education for …
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Our stories are just as significant as anyone else’s. — Tad Nakamura Tad Nakamura was at ease as we sat across from each other in …
I left Los Angeles over a half decade earlier in 2010 and had not been back since. A visit to see my sister in downtown …
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At Azay in Little Tokyo, Akira Hirose uses his French and Japanese cuisine to serve the local community. In 1991, Akira Hirose worked as a …
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In the last part, I talked about Sumiyoshi Arima’s articles in The North American Times written as Chairperson of the Japanese Association and a newspaper reporter. In …
North American Times Seattle Little Tokyo World War II education family identity immigrants JANM Japanese language schools music newspaper oregon Peru pre-war Akira Hirose authors Azay bicultural identity boadcasters Canada Chapman College chefs chinameshi chop suey Dallas-Fort Worth Dalls-Fort Worth discrimination eisa exclusion
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