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Quiet Warriors

Chapter 3: Edie Horikawa

“At the field camp (in Europe), kids came to us begging for food, with pans in their hands. Hakujin soldiers kicked them or dumped their ...

identity en ja

Songs of Memories of a Caregiver—A House Where the Memories of a Canadian Japanese Family Lived

The Japanese verb Sumu consists of three homonyms which include 住む (to live), 澄む (to become clear), and 済む (to finish). These three homonyms were ...

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Toyokichi Iyenaga: Japanese Publicist in Chicago - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In early 1901, Toyokichi Iyenaga received a letter from Edmond J. James, Professor of Public Administration and Director of the University Extension ...

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デカセギ・ストーリー

第三十六話　マサトシの再出発

マサトシとロザナは幼なじみだった。学校の宿題をする時も遊ぶ時もいつも一緒だった。しかし、中学校を終えると、ロザナは伯母さんの美容室で働くためにサンパウロへ行ってしまった ...

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Tessaku

Mary Iwami - Part 1

“It was a struggle because once we got to the point where we could live in that little house that they built, everything was happy ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Take 1 Dose, 20cc: "Even More Protection..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Other Vaccines We Could Really Use...” Check back every ...

war en es

La orden ejecutiva 9066 y la persecución de los inmigrantes japoneses en Latinoamérica

En el mes de febrero de 1942, el presidente Franklin Roosevelt expidió la orden ejecutiva 9066 mediante la cual se obligó a más de ...

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Nikkei al descubierto: una columna de poesía

In this moment

While we typically link a theme together from the poems we receive from two or more writers, this month we're featuring two voices whose ...

sports en ja

The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists' Families

George Iga, a Seattle-based Vancouver Asahi Player

The legendary Vancouver Asahi Baseball Team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame ...

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Sacramento Area Man Goes from Concentration Camp to Role in Monument Preserving History

Tom Okubo has had a long and successful life. The 95 year old Sacramento man exhibits little bitterness from his experience as a former inmate ...