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From Vancouver's Powell St. to Toronto: Kay Mende’s Remarkable Life

Part 3: Life before the war and upheaval to Lemon Creek

Read Part 2 >> The only pleasure Frank used to have during these hard times was going fishing down Gore Avenue to make a few pennies ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Uncertain Since 1927: "I be Confused..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Things I Don't Understand (and probably never will ...

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一世の記録を拾い集めた男 ～加藤新一の足跡をたどって～

第６回 原爆投下時に記者として

ある人物について、詳しく知ろうとするならまず親族にあたるのが常道だろう。加藤新一については、彼が執筆・編集した ...

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The Commodification of Asian Americans

It is strange to be a commodity. When I was younger, I didn’t like the fact that I was Asian. Even as someone who ...

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ニッケイを見いだす：詩のコラム

Seize—transformation & renewal

Leaving the end of a long 2020 while entering 2021 with a combination of uncertainty, excitement, determined joy, and perpetual angst, I thought it fitting ...

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ある家具の旅路、ある家族の歴史の一片

「Landscapes of Injustice （不正義の風景）」ウェブサイトの ...

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One of Berkeley’s Finest: Harvey Itano and his work on Sickle Cell Anemia

A number of Japanese Americans have distinguished themselves within the ranks of academia. From famed sociologist Tamotsu Shibutani to the members of the Manzanar guayule ...

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Kiku Hughes’ graphic novel Displacement addresses the intergenerational trauma of Japanese American incarceration through a story of time travel

A time-travel graphic novel about intergenerational Japanese American camp history is a surprise. But even for readers versed in this history, Kiku Hughes’s Displacement ...

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From Vancouver's Powell St. to Toronto: Kay Mende’s Remarkable Life

Part 2: A Japanese Canadian Nisei Education

Read Part 1 >> The following are my siblings: Shigeru (Frank): b. 1924. He worked for the Dept. of Education, married Ruth Sasaki, divorced; Married Toshiko ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #2 Shots for Safety: "90+% Effective..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “How to Encourage People to get the Vaccine...” Check ...