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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Forrest Gump's I.Q. was 75: "But He Wasn't Stupid..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “More Un-comfortable Truths -‘Stupid Edition’” Check back every weekend ...

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The truth behind religious freedom in Japan

Although only an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Jolyon Baraka Thomas has already published one remarkable book, Drawing on Tradition ...

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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15回 百歳まで生きてみたい

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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Iced in Paradise - An Interview with Author Naomi Hirahara on her Upcoming Release

Naomi Hirahara, Japanese-American writer and Los Angeles local, is known for her thrilling (and award-winning) mystery novels featuring not only Asian American protagonists, but the ...

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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather's Life in Seattle

Part 3 – Marriage and family

Continuing with Part 2 in which I wrote about Yoemon’s single life in Seattle, this part shares Yoemon’s marriage, children born in Seattle ...

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Suspicious Points of Contact in Pre-War Chicago

The Japanese Consulate and Naka & Pearl Nakane - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Naka and Pearl Nakane and Chicago Did Naka Nakane ever come to Chicago? How much political influence did he have in Illinois ...

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Suspicious Points of Contact in Pre-War Chicago

The Japanese Consulate and Naka & Pearl Nakane - Part 1

Introduction On January 30, 1941, a long telegram was sent from Yosuke Matsuoka, a minister of foreign affairs, to Japanese embassy in Washington and forwarded ...

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Crónicas Nikkei 8 — Héroes Nikkei: Pioneros, Modelos a Seguir e Inspiraciones

Un hibakusha y nikkei ejemplar a los 80 años de edad

Yasuaki Yamashita probablemente no estaría ahora entre nosotros si su madre no lo hubiera abrazado y protegido con su cuerpo en el momento en ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #100% Goofball: "Love Me for What I Am..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Identity - or - 'Race is Meaningless, but upbringing is inescapable ...

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Little Changes in Family Celebrations

We know that many Japanese came to Brazil over 100 years ago. They brought their culture with them, which their descendants preserve, but at the ...