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JET Tales from Aomori

The Unspoken Language

In the twenty years JET has been in existence, more than 46,000 young college graduates have passed through this beautiful land of Japan. Some ...

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Strength in Beauty: Ruth Asawa

"I can see glimpses of my childhood in my work. The seemingly endless patterns we made in the dust, the shapes of the flowers and ...

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Growing up as a Japanese person in Peru

It is difficult to remember exactly what it was like to be Japanese in Peru. My ethnicity mattered a lot, and at the same time ...

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half enough

When multiethnic and multicultural identity started mattering to me

“Multiracial identity” didn’t become a part of my regularly accessed vocabulary until college. The phrase floated through conversations in junior high and high school ...

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The Japantown in Brazil

Chapter 4 (Auxiliary Chapter) Yguazú Colony - A Community of Craftsmen

From January to February of 2007, I took a trip through Paraguay and the northern region of Paraná. Though the main goal of this series ...

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La Columna de Koji

Marrying Japanese

My mother has given me a preference list on which races I should/could marry. First on that illustrious list is Japanese. Since my mother ...

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Nikkei Heritage

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

>> Part 1 Current Japanese American AttitudesIntermarriage has been a major, and controversial, topic of discussion within the Japanese American community over the years. The Pacific ...

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Nikkei Heritage

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1

To be biracial and Japanese American means having many different labels from which to choose. For this historical overview, we will use “Hapa”, a term ...

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Hideo Date: An Introduction

He hung up the phone, but not before he had politely, yet firmly, asked me not to call again. It was almost 10 years ago ...

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ブラジル国、ニッポン村だより

サンパウロ州の牧草地の広さとその理由

その気になればすぐに海岸線まで出られる土地に長く住んできたので、サンパウロ州内陸部の、海まで600キロはあろうかという町で暮らすことが、自 分の気持ちにいったいどんな影響を及ぼすものだろうという興味があった ...