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Denisse Shashiki: “Volveré”  

Denisse Shashiki es una nikkei peruana que se inició en el ambiente artístico como cantante. Ella tuvo una pausa de algunos años pero ...

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In Canada, May is Asian Heritage Month: Banzai!

I recently arrived back home after an intense four days in Victoria, BC where I attended as a member of the Landscapes of Injustice Community ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Inspiration

From Shin Nikkei Kyoko Takenaka (aka Jinjabrew) and Sansei Patty Nagano, we have pieces that span various themes of inspiration. From Kyoko we have lovely ...

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Wakatsuki: The Next Generation

Grand niece of Farewell to Manzanar author has ‘dream job’ at Minidoka site. The Wakatsuki name is inextricably linked with the World War II incarceration ...

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日系人と日本語

移民家族とのひととき 「ヨウはカフェー・センアスーカにする。オッセーはどうする？」 「アルモッサもしていったらいい ...

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A Japanese Canadian Child-Exile: The Life History of Basil Izumi

Part 4: Uprooting and Internment

Basil had just graduated from kindergarten when the uprooting and internment started. His father was initially sent with the other able-bodied young men to work ...

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Life in Tashme

The following is my contribution to the Tashme Project—the ongoing collection of remembrances about that particular wartime family detention camp. Naturally the remembrances are ...

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Cultura japonesa en viñetas

El culto del cómic japonés, o manga, en el Perú se ha extendido tanto en los últimos años que bien podríamos ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #1908, in Modern Times: “Mothering Sunday...”

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Mother’s Day Gifts I Have Given...” Check back ...

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A Case Study of Heart Mountain’s Draft Resisters and Military Service

This is Mike Mackey’s fifth and, apparently, final book centered on the World War II experience of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northwest ...