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The Japantown in Brazil

Chapter 3: The Conde District - Brazil’s First Japantown - 3) The Storm of War and the Chaotic Aftermath

Even after the Taishō Elementary School, Brazil’s first Nikkei schooling system, moved to San Joaquin Street, the Japantown of the Conde District continued to ...

education pt

Lançamento da publicação “Estudos Japoneses no Brasil”

No mês de abril foi lançado pela Fundação Japão de São Paulo a quarta edição dos “Estudos Japoneses no ...

identity es

¿Es o no una ventaja ser Nikkei?

El idioma japonés como fundamento de la identidad y la preservación de la tradiciones y cultura

A través de la observación minuciosa, es importante cerciorar que los Nikkei del Paraguay junto con los de Santa Cruz de la Sierra ...

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half enough

My part-time job at a Japanese grocery store

I got my first real job when I was 16. I was a cashier at a family-owned Japanese grocery store in Little Tokyo—the Japantown ...

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Sakura: Beautiful Flowering Trees of Japan

The cherry blossom, known as sakura, is the national flower of Japan. Different from the fruit-bearing trees found in other countries, these flowering trees are ...

community es

Ser Nikkei en el Peru: Una marca de identidad

Organización geográfica y económica de la comunidad Nikkei en Perú

Las primeras presencias japonesas en Perú se dieron hace 400 años en Lima. Recién a partir de 1899 se requirió a los japoneses ...

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La Columna de Koji

Sticks and Stones

For the last year I have been working on a feature length screenplay that deals with Asian American identity. During my research I went online ...

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Voces de Chicago

Japanese American Redress: A View from the Midwest

Introduction I joined the staff of the JACL as its Midwest Director in October 1978 and I knew immediately that I wanted to be part ...

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Overcoming Tragedy at Manzanar: The Story of the Sakaguchi Family

After living in this country for thirty-four years and raising seven children, my mother, who was a schoolteacher in Japan before coming to this country ...

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Japanese American Baseball

Baseball, the quintessential American sport, has enjoyed immense popularity in Japan, as witnessed by the country’s recent championship at the inaugural World Baseball Classic ...