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My Name is Neal

  • By Neal Yamamoto
  • 24 Nov 2007 - 12 Jun 2021

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent.
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Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest VIII

  • By multiple authors
  • 24 May 2021 - 7 Jun 2021

Each year, the Little Tokyo Historical Society’s Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little ...
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Ten Days of Cleanup

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Dec 2020 - 4 Jun 2021

Hiroko Houki, the proprietor of the cleaning business, Souji RS, reluctantly agrees to take on a mysterious client who wants ...
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities

  • By Kyra Karatsu
  • 30 May 2021 - 30 May 2021

Welcome to the 10th edition of Nikkei Chronicles! Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities takes a look at intergenerational relationships in ...
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • By multiple authors
  • 9 Apr 2020 - 25 May 2021

In Japanese, kizuna means strong emotional bonds. In 2011, we invited our global Nikkei community to contribute to a special ...
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

  • By multiple authors
  • 15 Dec 2016 - 20 May 2021

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column is a space for the Nikkei community to share stories through diverse writings on culture ...
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The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists' Families

  • By Yobun Shima
  • 25 Oct 2018 - 12 May 2021

The legendary Vancouver Asahi team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia ...
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Quiet Warriors

  • By Mikiko Hatch-Amagai
  • 26 Jan 2021 - 21 Apr 2021

On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Almost ...
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

  • By multiple authors
  • 18 Mar 2011 - 11 Mar 2021

In Japanese, kizuna means strong emotional bonds. This series shares stories about Nikkei individual and/or community reaction and perspectives ...
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Tessaku

  • By Emiko Tsuchida
  • 19 Dec 2016 - 7 Mar 2021

Tessaku was the name of a short-lived magazine published at the Tule Lake concentration camp during World War II. It ...
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Canadian Nikkei Artist

  • By Norm Masaji Ibuki
  • 28 May 2019 - 26 Feb 2021

Canadian Nikkei Artist series will focus on those in the Japanese Canadian community who are actively involved in the ongoing ...
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From Vancouver's Powell St. to Toronto: Kay Mende’s Remarkable Life

  • By Katsuyo "Kay" Mende
  • 10 Jan 2021 - 14 Feb 2021

Katsuyo "Kay" Mende, a Canadian-Nisei, was born in Vancouver, B.C. on July 3, 1926. She wrote an account of ...
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Power of Our Stories

  • By multiple authors
  • 30 Aug 2019 - 22 Dec 2020

This series features projects that help to preserve and share Nikkei stories in different ways—through blogs, websites, social media ...
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Nikkei View

  • By Gil Asakawa
  • 3 Dec 2009 - 7 Dec 2020

This series presents selections from Gil Asakawa’s “Nikkei View: The Asian American Blog,” which presents a Japanese American perspective ...
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Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

  • By multiple authors
  • 7 Jul 2020 - 16 Nov 2020

What makes Nikkei sports more than just a game for you? Perhaps you’d like to write about your Nikkei ...
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Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

  • By Philbert Ono
  • 11 Oct 2020 - 8 Nov 2020

Robert Walker Irwin, a descendant of Benjamin Franklin, was appointed by King David Kalakaua as Hawaiian Minister to Japan to ...
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Silk

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Nov 2019 - 4 Oct 2020

Not much is known about the women of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony, including Jou Schnell, the Japanese ...
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Choices for Japanese People Living in America

  • By Keiko Fukuda
  • 2 Oct 2020 - 2 Oct 2020

Japanese people living between the United States and Japan were interviewed about life choices such as obtaining permanent residency and ...
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Gifts from Jichan and Bachan

  • By Susan Yamamura
  • 7 May 2020 - 16 Sep 2020

This series began as an annotated catalogue of the magical gifts I’ve received from Jichan and Bachan, Nisaku and ...
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Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest VII

  • By multiple authors
  • 24 Jul 2020 - 14 Aug 2020

Each year, the Little Tokyo Historical Society’s Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little ...