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Interview: Virgil Westdale

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Hapa 442nd veteran and pilot. Born in Indiana in 1918 to a Japanese American father and an English/German mother.  This album introduces the following 5 clips from his interview on ...

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Interview: Kip Fulbeck

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Kip Fulbeck was born in 1965 to a Chinese mother and English/Irish father. This album introduces the following 19 clips from his interview on May 3, 2006 followed by his ...

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Interview: Terry Janzen

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Terry Janzen was born in Tokyo in 1930 to a Japanese mother and American father. This album introduces the following 8 clips from her interview on August 27, 2012 followed ...

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Interview: JERO

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Enka singer in Japan. Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His African American grandfather married a Japanese woman. This album introduces the following 15 clips from his interview on March 30, 2010 ...

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Interview: Johnnie Morton

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Johnnie James Morton, Jr. was born in Inglewood, CA in 1971, the son of an African American father and Japanese American mother. Morton is a former professional football player.  This ...

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Interview: Mike Shinoda

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Michael Kenji Shinoda, a member of Linkin Park, was born and raised in Agoura Hills, a suburb north of Los Angeles, to a Japanese American father and Caucasian mother.  This ...

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Jack Muro Amache Photo Album

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This is Jack Muro, "The Undergound Photograper of Amache." This is his Photo album and supplements the Discover Nikkei Journal essay, "Jack Muro, The Underground Photographer of Amache." It contains photographs by Jack, who ...

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Haunting Beauties: The Art of Audrey Kawasaki

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Los Angeles-based artist Audrey Kawasaki was inspired by the manga she read from an early age, as well as by ukiyo-e and Art Nouveau. While studying fine art at the ...

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Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: Videos recorded by tsunami survivors

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Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai donated these videos to share through Discover Nikkei.  These videos were recorded and edited by Tsunami survivors on March 11, 2011. 

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Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, 2012 Campaign

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One of our former co-workers, who currently lives in Hawaii, recently mailed the 2012 campaign materials of Senator Daniel K. Inouye. We scanned the endorsement cards and campaign materials to ...

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