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巨大日系移住地イグアスにせまる魔の手 ー 暗躍する「土地なし農民」

「またか！」と呆れた話である。 国立農村土地開発局（INDERT）は ...

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Erna P. Harris: An African-American Champion of Equality

One part of the history of Japanese Americans that has been curiously neglected is the disproportionate support offered them by Black Americans at the time ...

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Kyo Maclear’s New Childrens’ Book Tells The Story of a Nisei Trailblazer

Author Gyo Fujikawa‘s books have been read, shared and loved by generations of families all over the world for over 50 years. Fujikawa began ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Average Weight is 15 Pounds: "Mutant Bird..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Turkey Dreams..." Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Kazuko Makihara

Part 5: Life and Retirement with Takeshi in Canada

As a young man in Onomichi, Kazuko’s husband Takeshi got experience writing for a religious sect called Nanmyo Horen Gekkyou, which helped him become ...

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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21回 誕生日も畑で働く

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に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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ニッケイを見いだす：詩のコラム

Remains

From Toronto-based writer, Terry Watada and Bloomington, Indiana-based poet, Hiromi Yoshida, are pieces that can be read as the remains of beings past, the memory ...

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新舛與右衛門 ー 祖父が生きたシアトル ー

第６回 與の教育　

前回は與右衛門がワラワラで営む理髪業の絶頂期についてお伝えした。今回は與右衛門のもう一つの課題であった、與の教育を取り上げることにする。 二世の教育 ビジネスの成功に加えて ...

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The Redundancy of Idiots: Part 2

Read Part 1 >> A curious thing happened after last month’s column was posted. I received a letter – not by e-mail, Twitter, Messenger, Facebook or ...

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“Dojin”, nunca más

Hace poco, un sansei me estaba hablando de problemas que había tenido en el trabajo cuando, de pronto, utilizó la palabra “dojin”. Me sent ...