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In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon

In 1993, the Japanese American National Museum organized In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon, one …

Eiichiro Azuma • Oct. 23, 2017 - Dec. 11, 2017

Is it an advantage or not to be Nikkei?

Emi Kamatsu makes a historical development of Paraguay from the first immigrants to the present. It investigates the barriers of …

Emi Kasamatsu • Nov. 22, 2006 - June 19, 2007

Japanese American Family History in Seattle

This series explores the family histories of Japanese Americans living in Seattle. Two Seattle University students, Minami Hasegawa and Sharon …

Minami Hasegawa • May 28, 2018 - Dec. 26, 2018

Japanese American National Museum Magazine

These articles were originally published in the print member's magazine of the Japanese American National Museum.

Eiichiro Azuma +12 • April 13, 2007 - Jan. 19, 2015

Japanese American National Museum Store Online

The award-winning Museum Store of the Japanese American National Museum features distinctive Asian American merchandise for all occasions and generations. …

Susan Chen +14 • July 8, 2006 - Sept. 17, 2014

Japanese Christians in Chicago

Many Japanese who came to the United States were originally Buddhists. However, Buddhism was not a popular belief among Japanese …

Takako Day • July 18, 2021 - March 13, 2022

Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata

This series is about the Nikkei community settled in Colonia Urquiza, in La Plata - Argentina, since the sixties, with …

Irene Isabel Cafiero • May 16, 2014 - July 17, 2015

Japanese Community in the Amazon

This is a journal that talks about the Japanese community in the Amazon from the perspective of volunteers, from various …

Asako Sakamoto • June 3, 2015 - Feb. 1, 2018

Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today

Japanese companies in Brazil have continued to operate even amid the harsh conditions of the pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic …

Tomoko Oura • Oct. 6, 2023 - April 24, 2024

Japanese education across the ocean

The second installment of the Discover Nikkei column by Yukio Negawa of the University of Brasilia. As an example of …

Sachio Negawa • Sept. 18, 2008 - Aug. 30, 2011

Japanese in Chicago before the war

Until now, the history of Japanese immigration has been told mainly from Hawaii and the West Coast. This is probably …

Takako Day • Sept. 14, 2022 - Feb. 7, 2024

Japanese laborers at the San Nicolás hacienda (1899-1924)

Through a series of 5 articles, Humberto Rodríguez Pastor records the presence of Japanese in the Hacienda San Nicolás (Supe …

Humberto Rodríguez Pastor • June 30, 2009 - July 28, 2009

Japanese media in the United States

This series asks editors in the field about the history, characteristics, readership, challenges, and future vision for Japanese language media …

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 16, 2021 - Oct. 9, 2023

Japanese Migrants facing Criminal Justice in Mexico

This series addresses cases of Japanese migrants in Mexico who had to face criminal justice. The description of the accusations …

Carlos Uscanga +1 • April 29, 2019 - May 20, 2019

Japanese people beyond the Andes

They crossed the Andes on foot, then traveled down the Amazon River by canoe into Bolivia. It was a hellish …

Yasukara Hayashida +1 • Dec. 15, 2010 - Jan. 12, 2011

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

The author, Toshimi Tsuruta, was dispatched as a volunteer to Manaus, Amazonas, where many Japanese people live. On the other …

Toshimi Tsuruta • June 23, 2015 - April 12, 2017

Japanese Time ~History of Japanese Radio Broadcasting~ {Los Angeles Edition}

Los Angeles was one of the first cities to start commercial radio broadcasting in 1921, and regular Japanese radio broadcasts …

Tetsuya Hirahara • Dec. 19, 2022 - May 29, 2023

Japanese Time ~History of Japanese Radio Broadcasting~ {Seattle Edition}

Radio broadcasting began in the Seattle area in 1921. During this time, Japanese radio programs, including Japanese language programs and …

Tetsuya Hirahara • Sept. 12, 2022 - Oct. 3, 2022

Japanese Time ~History of Japanese Radio Broadcasting~ {Vancouver, Prewar Edition}

The history of Japanese immigration to Canada is said to have begun with the arrival of Nagano Manzo in 1877. …

Tetsuya Hirahara • Feb. 20, 2023 - March 13, 2023

Japanese Women in Chicago

Throughout the history of Japanese immigrants/immigration to the US, women have been treated as secondary citizens, existing only in the …

Takako Day • March 26, 2023 - April 30, 2023

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