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To Be or Not To Be American: The Truth About Tule Lake Concentration Camp - Part 1

“We (Tule Lake internees) never had a crisis of loyalty…we had a crisis of faith in our government.” —Dr. Satsuki Ina, speaking at a ...

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Junji Nishihata: Following Jesse’s Path - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Quebecers seem to have a special relationship and interest with Japanese culture. Is this something that you recognize too? Quebec is the ...

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Junji Nishihata: Following Jesse’s Path - Part 1

When I reflect on why I have been involved as a writer with the Japanese Canadian community for almost 25 years now, I really have ...

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Be Strong

Be strong, be gentle, be beautiful. In judo you need strength of mind, body, and soul. I don’t mean beauty in the external sense ...

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Stepping into the Past: Behind the Scenes of The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i

As a Hawai‘i-born Yonsei filmmaker, I’ve always been deeply interested in films about the Asian American experience. In 2009, I was asked by ...

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Hafu: A documentary film about hafus by hafus

The documentary examines multiracial and multicultural narratives in modern Japan. In a country often perceived and proclaimed to be racially and culturally homogeneous, shifting demographics ...

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Behind the Scenes of "The Manzanar Fishing Club": Bringing the Issei Back to Life

It’s pretty much standard procedure among filmmakers to embrace favorable reviews and pretend the bad ones never happened. Oftentimes it’s ego, at other ...

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Enemy Alien: An American Sansei’s Story - Part 3 of 3

Read Part 2 >> How many other “Farouks” are still being detained? One of the horrible and destructive aspects of ICE is its lack of public ...

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Cultivating remembrance: An interview with filmmaker Kenneth Kokka

The phrase “Richmond, California, 1942” might call to mind the patriotic bustle of naval shipyards and the stoic biceps of Rosie the Riveter, but this ...

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Hapa-ly Ever After: An Interview with Jeff Chiba Stearns

Growing up in the predominantly white city of Kelowna, British Columbia, Jeff Chiba Stearns felt very aware of being different from most of the people ...