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Author Sarah Kuhn on Becoming the (Super)Hero of Your Own Story

Growing up, Sarah Kuhn rarely saw characters that looked like her, now she changing that. Author Sarah Kuhn is creating stories with Asian American girls ...

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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22回 池は出来た。小魚を放った。

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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George Yamaoka for the Defense: The story of a Transnational Nisei Lawyer and Businessman

The life of George Yamaoka, a Japanese American lawyer who was appointed by the Allies to defend accused Japanese war criminals after World War II ...

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Nikkei Serve their Nation in all Wars since the Spanish American War; Filipinos and Chinese Preceded Japanese

Washington, DC. Nobuteru Harry Sumida, a Nisei, and eight Japanese nationals who enlisted in the US Navy as seamen were the first Nikkei to serve ...

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El viaje hacia las raíces de Harumi Suenaga

Sincretismo cultural andino japonés. Amplios horizontes se abrieron para Harumi Suenaga García cuando hace dos años decidió elegir un camino en el ...

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Howard Kakudo: Disney Animator Shared His Talents While Imprisoned at Poston Camp

In seeking to preserve and share the Japanese American experience, the Japanese American National Museum maintains the largest collection of its kind in the world ...

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Santo Market Owners: Helen Santo

Read an interview with Earl Santo >> Helen, could you introduce yourself with your full name, your birthday, and where you were born? Helen Hiroko Kodama ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Green Eggs Sold 8 Million: "Reality Bites..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “If Children's Stories were Real (or ‘what happened ...

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The Road to the Olympic Games

Never Give Up: Jessica Yamada By the end of July 2020, the world’s attention should be focused on the Tokyo Olympics. Tourists from around ...

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Giving with Gratitude: The Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund

“They were at a picnic in New Hampshire,” says Jean Hibino. Her Nisei parents were UC Berkeley students during World War II, and though they ...