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Tessaku

Lawson Sakai - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you describe what happened when your parents found the Colorado church and were able to avoid camp? When the evacuation order ...

community es

Totaro y Kazuma Nishikawa: El legado de los pescadores japoneses en Baja California - Parte 1

Los hermanos Totaro y Kazuma Nishikawa formaron parte de una importante oleada de pescadores japoneses que se instalaron en Ensenada a principios de la d ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #4 Notions to Consider: "Creative Lines..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Quotes to Live by...” Check back every weekend for ...

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孤独な望郷 ～ フロリダ日系移民森上助次の手紙から

第10回 自分を「父」と呼んだ甥が逝く

南フロリダの大和コロニーの一員として渡米、コロニー解体後もひとり最後まで現地のとどまり生涯を終えた森上助次は、戦後、夫（助次の弟 ...

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Norman Mineta: An American Story - New documentary captures JA experience through life of two time Cabinet secretary

"I don’t like the word H-A-T-E. I don’t use it,” says Norman Mineta. Even if it’s a matter of a dislike for ...

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Paul Takagi: A fearless Advocate

Many notable events of 1969—the first landing on the Moon, the Woodstock Rock Festival, the Stonewall Riots, and the New York Mets World Series ...

identity es

Diana Okuma: “Hacer Nikkei me ha ayudado a encontrar mi camino

La ilustradora Diana Okuma Oshiro ganó el año pasado la tercera convocatoria de proyectos editoriales que organizó el Fondo Editorial de la APJ para ...

culture en

History Meets Hi-tech with East of the Rockies

TORONTO — University of British Columbia student Anne Canute has fond memories of her grandmother encouraging her and her cousins to create and tell their own ...

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Cultural Merging And Identity: A Fourth-Generation Okinawan Japanese Peruvian American Speaks Out

Michelle Yamashiro has been told she has little trouble expressing herself. The vibrant 28-year-old Nikkei is not sure whether her outspokenness comes from her Japanese ...

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Tessaku

Lawson Sakai — Part 1

“We all knew, we are going to go battle. And we expect to win. But we never knew what immediate death was like until we ...