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Passing on the Japanese spirit: Seattle's efforts

Washington State has a history of Japanese Americans dating back more than 130 years. In the 2010 census, the state …

Yaeko Inaba +1 • July 10, 2013 - Oct. 23, 2013

People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants

When we hear the word "immigration," some may imagine someone moving from one country to another. In the immigration history …

Masako Miki • March 7, 2022 - April 18, 2022

Power of Our Stories

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

Anne Brice +11 • Aug. 30, 2019 - Feb. 9, 2024

Producing Japanese American History: An exploration through the JANM archives

Greetings Discover Nikkei! While we all know that Discover Nikkei is a global project online, did you know that it …

Dean Ryuta Adachi • Dec. 15, 2011 - May 31, 2012

Quiet Warriors

On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. Almost …

Mikiko Amagai • Jan. 26, 2021 - Dec. 20, 2021

"Meeting to consider the future of Japanese children" ~An attempt in the Yguazu settlement in Paraguay~

Mr. Oyama worked as an electrical engineer in the capital Asuncion several decades ago, and then moved to Paraguay with …

Kunio Oyama • Sept. 10, 2009 - Jan. 25, 2010

Reading Japanese American Literature

We will read literary works that intersect between Japan and America, such as novels written by Japanese Americans, works that …

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 24, 2017 - Nov. 10, 2017

Rereading "The Centennial History of Japanese Americans in the United States" - Tracing the Records of the Pioneers

In the early 1960s, a large-scale book titled "A Hundred Years of Japanese Americans in the United States" (Shin Nichibei …

Ryusuke Kawai • June 27, 2014 - Oct. 30, 2015

Research on Japanese American Literary Magazines: Focusing on Japanese Language Magazines

Many Japanese-language magazines for Japanese Americans were lost during the chaotic times of war and the postwar period, and were …

Sataye Shinoda +1 • Jan. 7, 2011 - Nov. 25, 2011

Robert Walker Irwin (1844–1925)

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

Philbert Ono • Oct. 11, 2020 - Nov. 8, 2020

Sawtelle Stories: On the Naming of “Sawtelle Japantown”

In 2015, the Sawtelle neighborhood in West Los Angeles was officially named “Sawtelle Japantown” with approval from the Los Angeles …

Yukikazu Nagashima • Aug. 25, 2016 - Nov. 7, 2017

Silk

Not much is known about the women of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony, including Jou Schnell, the Japanese …

Naomi Hirahara • Nov. 4, 2019 - Oct. 4, 2020

Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

For the 25th anniversary of the Japanese American Redress legislation, the Japanese American National Museum presented its fourth national conference …

Tim Asamen +22 • March 15, 2013 - Jan. 8, 2014

Special roundtable discussion: What should the fourth generation visa be like? - As a framework for developing human resources who will lead the future of Japan-Brazil exchange -

If the fourth-generation visa is a success and fifth and sixth generation Japanese are able to come to Japan to …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 17, 2018 - Nov. 26, 2018

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