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New San Jose Uzumaru Dance Group Blends Traditional and Modern Japanese Dance

SAN JOSE — It’s a brand new form of Japanese dance in the U.S. that its members describe as like a whirlpool, although it ...

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創立110周年迎えた北米沖縄県人会 — 全米各地や沖縄から人々が集う

ウチナーンチュの誇り 2019年８月31日、レイバーデイ連休の初日、ガーデナ市のケン・ナカオカ ...

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The Summer of the Gun

Many decades ago (more than I care to count), I and my parents were watching evening television in our eastend Toronto home when a knock ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #2 Arms, 2 Legs, 1 Tail: "Octopus Arms Next?..."

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

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Yellow Bowls And The Ugly Wartime History They Symbolize

The 120 bowls in varying shades of yellow are being taken to camps where innocent Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Today, when many ...

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Los inmigrantes y la cultura japonesa en Morelos: una añeja relación

El libro Los japoneses en Morelos. Testimonios de una amistad1 es una muestra de la presencia de los inmigrantes japoneses y de la cultura de ...

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Crônicas Nikkeis 8 — Heróis Nikkeis: Pioneiros, Modelos e Inspirações

Mine Okubo

The artist Mine Okubo is most famous for her book, Citizen 13660, a graphic memoir of the Japanese American concentration camps. She became my hero ...

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Japão, Já Não Tão Próximo

Fiquei feliz quando soube que o Chile havia derrotado o Japão por 4 a 0 na última Copa América. “Espero que o Uruguai ...

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Crônicas Nikkeis 8 — Heróis Nikkeis: Pioneiros, Modelos e Inspirações

2 Presidents, 2 Senators, 2 Moms…and 2 Dads, too

My best friend Brenda and I have often talked about how much change and history our parents witnessed over the course of their lifetimes. We ...

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Stepping over the Color Line: Nikkei at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

One pillar of American education is the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Founded to give free blacks access to higher education in ...