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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Less Than 2 Hours: "Nightly Anxieties ..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "My Insomniac Brain (Or 'Thoughts That Keep Me Up ...

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Nisei Story: Unexpected Friendship Lost and Found

Teresa Chizu Kurisu lived a normal Powell Street life as a child. She attended Strathcona Elementary School in East Vancouver and went to Japanese Language ...

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「アメリカの映画に出演したい」 幼少時の夢を叶えた日本の女優、田村英里子さん

ドラマ撮影の合間に語学留学 1990年代、日本の芸能界でアイドル歌手、また女優として活躍していた田村英里子さん。彼女は2000年に渡米し ...

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Homage

Welcome to poetic homage with this month’s Nikkei Uncovered column. From Tucson, Arizona-based, Heather Nagami, and San Francisco Bay Area-based, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, we ...

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Mark Ikeda Interview: Artful Expressions of “Sansei” in Movement and Words - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> As a Sansei storyteller, can you comment on the importance of telling our own stories in order to learn and grow from ...

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グース外間: 心に咲くカーネーション

孫: ねぇオジー、どうして僕たちの顔は他のアルゼンチンの人の顔と違うの？ 祖父: グース ...

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Mark Ikeda Interview: Artful Expressions of “Sansei” in Movement and Words - Part 1

How do you express your Nikkeiness? I know that when I teach I am able to emphasize human and civil rights. I also make a ...

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ニッケイ物語＃6: いただきます 2！新・ニッケイ食文化を味わう

Gohan com arroz

Por ter nascido e crescido no Brasil e por ter pais que sempre cultivaram a cultura de seus antepassados, só fui perceber que a culin ...

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Finding Asian American Family Histories: Genealogist Marisa Louie Lee

“I will never forget seeing my great-grandfather’s photograph in his immigration case file,” Marisa Louie Lee recalls. “The moment I opened the folder and ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #1 'Toon At A Time: "Artistic Necessities..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Cartooning Essentials or ‘An Enumeration of the Requisite Items ...