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Hiro-chan, asagohan yo! – that’s how my mother would call me for breakfast, as I p…

Edna Hiromi Ogihara Cardoso • Nov. 7, 2023

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Where to Bury Me

I awoke this morning to memories of the cowboy lament, “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.&rdqu…

Susan Yamamura • March 31, 2020

Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941 traditions

Nikkei Pastry Chef Spreads Yogashi in Brazil

Many people in Brazil tend to assume that Nikkei are interested exclusively in Japanese culture. If…

Henrique Minatogawa • April 17, 2017

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You Are Canadian Nisei If . . . Part II

Discover Nikkei published my article titled, You Are Canadian Nisei If . . . on December …

Chuck Tasaka • Nov. 17, 2016

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Funerals in the Japanese American community

It’s a hackneyed cliché to say “death is part of life,” but like many clic…

Gil Asakawa • June 2, 2016

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An Endangered Custom

I am a Sansei Nikkei, 35 years old, born and raised in São Paulo. During childhood and adole…

Henrique Minatogawa • April 29, 2016

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Being a Brazilian Nikkei: yesterday and today

From childhood to adulthood, I can say that as a Brazilian Nikkei I lived and saw some aspects of c…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Feb. 11, 2016

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