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Bad SAT/GRE genes?

I’m preparing to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) to apply for graduate school. Studying for this exam takes me back to high school ...

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Nikkei in the Americas: New Questions, New Perspectives

Perhaps the most important lesson I learned from participating in the National Museum's "International Nikkei Research Project (INRP)1 " is how varied the Nikkei ...

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Following my sign

My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. I tend to get spiritual around the month of my birthday, trying to deepen the ...

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ブラジル国、ニッポン村だより

ワラと松と竹－ブラジル日系社会で新年を迎える

サンパウロから500キロ離れた小さな町。12月にはいると、いつも７時には早々閉めてしまう商店が遅くまでやるようになる。 街の中心の辻々には、財政が厳しいなか ...

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Japanese cars are better

In last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times (January 21, 2007), columnist Steve Lopez wrote about Hummers and the people who drive them, specifically Los Angeles ...

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Sobre nombres e identidad colectiva: El caso de los Nikkei en el Perú

El tema de la identidad, aun cuando muy frecuentemente mencionado en los discursos, sobre todo políticos y académicos, es uno de los que ...

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コウジのコラム

Samurais, Ninjas - Oh My!

A good friend of mine who works for a Japanese American historical organization recently received the following e-mail and wanted me to write back to ...

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Spiritual journeys, done from home

I woke up at 6:07 a.m. last Friday morning to an NPR “Morning Edition” interview with Gillian Siple, a World Religions major and ...

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¿Es o no una ventaja ser Nikkei?

La importancia de Yamato Damashi y el Yamato Nadeshiko

En el año 660 a.c. aparece en escena el primer Emperador del Japón con el nombre de Jimmu que significa “Guerrero Divino ...

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Remedies for the common cold

I recently caught a winter cold. Although it’s never really winter in Southern California, there are occasionally rare days when the temperature can drop ...