Lloyd Kajikawa
Lloyd Kajikawa está aposentado e passa seu tempo entre Los Angeles e Kauai. Ele é educador e já trabalhou no Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano, no Little Tokyo Service Center e na educação pública. Ele é autor de vários livros e ensaios de leitura infantil sobre a experiência nipo-americana.
Agosto de 2014
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What’s in a Nikkei Name?
1 de Agosto de 2014 • Lloyd Kajikawa
Writing assignment: an essay about Nikkei Names. A cinch, until I asked myself the question, “What is a Nikkei name?” As I understand it, Nikkei is the term we are using these days for Japanese in the diaspora? If so, should I write about Japanese names? That would be a short essay, unless I made a list of all the Japanese names I know—actually, it would still be a short essay. So, if not “Japanese” names, then I’ll write about …