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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #250 Pts. for Liposuction: "Simple Surgery..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "if my life was like the game 'Operation!'"... Check ...

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All Mankind are Brothers (Alle Menschen Verden Bruder) - Part 2 of 2

>> Part 1 July 10, 2009 – Bridging USA & Japan Concert – Walt Disney Concert HallThe choir reported to the Walt Disney Concert Hall (WDCH) for the check-in ...

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All Mankind are Brothers (Alle Menschen Verden Bruder) - Part 1 of 2

If you’ve read my previous article, Ode to Joy (An die Freude ) , you know that several hundred Japanese Nationals, Japanese Americans, and I joined ...

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「日系子弟の今後を考える会」～パラグアイ国イグアス移住地での試み～

第１回　個人的きっかけ

パラグアイのイグアス日本人移住地は再来年移住50周年を迎えるが、他の移住地と同様、日本への出稼ぎや少子化で日系社会の収縮現象に悩んでいる。 私はいわゆるオーソドックスな移住者、（原始林の開拓に入ってそこから移住生活を始めた人たちとその子孫 ...

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Kenjin-Kai: Overlooked in Nikkei History - Part 2 of 2

>> Part 1In 1942, the Sacramento Hiroshima Kenjin-kai dissolved as members were separated and sent to different concentration camps.  Kenjin-kai members didn’t regroup until after ...

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Fonética e ortografia do português na ‘província’ do Japão

Este trabalho pretende mostrar, ainda que parcialmente, o modo de representação gráfica do Português feita pela imprensa jesuítica japonesa, mais especificamente ...

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A Token of Remembrance: Passing It On by Yuri Kochiyama

In 1998, then seventy-seven year old Yuri Kochiyama began writing her memoir, after years of contemplating what to leave her grandchildren in remembrance of their ...

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日本文化に夢中：日本の伝統文化を極める“ガイジン”さんに、その魅力を聞くシリーズ

第４回　「はかないからこそ着物は美しい」- ジョージ・ハワードさん

お正月や結婚式に着物を着る機会はあっても、誰かに「着せてもらう」よりほかに手はなく、自分で ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #4am at Best: "I Get'em From Poughkeepsie..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "the creative process revealed!" Check back every weekend for ...

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Wash Day

There must have been dryers somewhere in South America. Gas or electric, I would have taken either. During my eight years in Brazil, washday usually ...