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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Ideally 1500 mg Per Day: "Grub Out!!..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Only in Japan (Not That The U.S. Is ...

community en

Japanese-American community continues a Yakima Valley tradition

Irene Goto stood in the sunlight at Tahoma Cemetery as members of the Yakima Valley’s Japanese-American community gathered near the graves of their ancestors ...

culture ja

日系アメリカ文学を読む

第9回 『カブールの園』

年齢を重ねていけば誰しも過去を振り返るようになる。自分がどこから来たのか知りたくなったり、どうして今の自分が今のようになったのかを考えたりするときがある。自分の親や祖父母のたどった過去が気になってくる。 『カブールの園 ...

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Nisei Nicknames

In this day of hi-tech computer with iPhone, iPad, Galaxy and so forth, whatever happened to the old fashion nicknames? Nowadays, you hear of famous ...

war en

Moving Day: May 17, 1942

“I remember the regulations being posted on Edison Company poles.”“And this was the only notification you had--the public posters?"“Yes.”“When you got to ...

community ja

平和活動家、90歳で逝去 — エネルギーの人、据石和さんを追悼する

「おばあちゃんと呼んで」 据石さんは平和講演を行う際、冒頭で「私の事をおばあちゃんと呼んで」と聴衆に呼び掛けた ...

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The Issei Lexicon

For years I wanted to compile a list of Japanese American words and phrases. I am beginning a list for this article with words that ...

migration en ja es pt

En el Brasil. 109 años.

"Lo que estudiaste nadie te lo quita" era o aún es una frase repetida hasta el cansancio a los niños por generaciones de ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #About 126 Million: "I'm Too Americanized..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “4 Things That Mystify Me About Modern Japanese Culture ...

war en

Japanese Canadian Internment and the Struggle for Redress

Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Lena Hayakawa lived what she describes as a very idyllic life. Hayakawa was born in British Columbia ...