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MAINICHI GAMAN: Broom, Mop, and Apron

For many centuries, women fought for gender equality, especially in the political forum. As early as the late 1800’s, women in Canada struggled to ...

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Commemorating a Justice Landmark: 30 Years of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988

It took just seconds for U.S. President Ronald Reagan to sign the document. Yet the journey to that moment spanned more than four decades ...

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The Artist’s Memory: Soichi Sunami and Japanese American Photography

I have the museum mostly to myself today. At the Cascadia Art Museum’s exhibit Invocation of Beauty, there are breathtaking portraits of famous figures ...

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The Life History of a Japanese Canadian Child Exile: Mikio Ibuki

Part 3: Suejiro Ibuki - Pre-War Life in Vancouver, Uprooting, and Internment

One Nikkei who opted for deportation to Japan with his young family instead of dispersal to eastern Canada was Suejiro Ibuki. As he is no ...

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La guerra entre Estados Unidos y Japón y la persecución de los inmigrantes japoneses en América

El ataque japonés a Pearl Harbor el 7 de diciembre de 1941 no sólo dio inicio a la guerra entre Estados Unidos y ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #My 2¢ Worth: "Yuletide Meditations..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “More Holiday Musings...” Check back every weekend for subsequent ...

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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Hisa Nagano and Natsu Sakaki In June 1886, Mary Clement Leavitt, the first representative of the worldwide missionaries of the WCTU, came ...

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沖縄出身者のネットワーク作りに生涯捧げた金城武男さんを偲ぶ

インターネットがない時代に 2018年10月20日、北米沖縄県人会の会長も務めた「五大洲」の発行人 ...

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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 1

According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago “has been and remains a world-class religious center with global influence.”1 Beginning in the mid-19th century, Japan ...

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The Shogi Challenge in Brazil

Pawn, tower, horse, bishop, and king, in Brazil, these names refer to chess pieces. Not that chess is extremely popular in this country it is ...