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Dekasegi Story
Episode 45: I'm glad Fujiko is Japanese!
The Ozaki family was a large one. The eldest and second sons were married and lived together with t…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Jan. 16, 2024

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers identity Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan
Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers identity Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
Between Two Kanji
“Nikkei” means Japanese descendants born outside Japan. Once I taught a Japanese stude…

Liana Nakamura • Oct. 25, 2023

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Brazil dekasegi foreign workers Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan
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8 things I learned writing about Nikkei
My story in the Nikkei community began in 2008, exactly in the year in which the Centenary of Japan…

Tatiana Maebuchi • June 14, 2023

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Brazil identity Japanese Brazilians
Brazil identity Japanese Brazilians
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On Nikkei
No. 29 Rakugo in Three Languages ​​~ Japanese-American Female Rakugo Artist Ramuone
Vibrant Although there are not many attempts to perform rakugo in English, it seems to have become…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 26, 2023

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beverages Brazil dekasegi foreign workers humor Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan rakugo ramune storytelling
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Interview with Emi Sasagawa, Author of Atomweight
Emi Sasagawa is an award-winning Brazilian-Japanese journalist living in Vancouver. Her work has be…

John Endo Greenaway • May 10, 2023

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authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
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Commonalities between the films "Gaijin" and "Familia"
"Gaijin" depicts Brazilian society through the eyes of Japanese immigrants "It'…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 11, 2023

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1990s Brazil coffee coffee plantations dekasegi Família (film) foreigners foreign workers gaijin immigrants immigration Izuru Narushima Japanese Brazilians Japanese Brazilians in Japan migration movies Nikkei in Japan noncitizens plantations Tizuka Yamasaki
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How Do Nikkei Living in Japan Spend Their New Year?
In Japan, there are old traditions that go back hundreds of years, such as hanami1 in the spring, u…

Mike Omoto • Jan. 1, 2023

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dekasegi foreign workers Japanese Americans Japanese Brazilians Japanese Paraguayans New Year Nikkei in Japan Oshogatsu traditions
dekasegi foreign workers Japanese Americans Japanese Brazilians Japanese Paraguayans New Year Nikkei in Japan Oshogatsu traditions
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Japanese-Brazilian Food: Japanese Cuisine with a Brazilian Touch
I grew up in a Japanese-Brazilian environment in which my father is an Issei and my mother is a Nis…

Meiry Mayumi Onohara • June 15, 2022

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Brazilians food Japanese food
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Cultural Clashes
My name is Filipe Fukutani, a fourth generation half Brazilian half Japanese born in Brazil. I grew…

Luis Filipe Fukutani • April 20, 2022

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aesthetics Canada communities generations identity Japanese Japanese Brazilians Japanese Canadians metaphysics Montreal psychology Quebec theory of knowledge values
aesthetics Canada communities generations identity Japanese Japanese Brazilians Japanese Canadians metaphysics Montreal psychology Quebec theory of knowledge values
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The World of Kenzi Shiokava
I was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of the sculptor Kenzi Shiokava on June 18, 2…

Emily Anderson • June 30, 2021

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artists Brazil California Japanese Brazilians Kenzi Shiokava Los Angeles Transpacific Borderlands (exhibition) United States
artists Brazil California Japanese Brazilians Kenzi Shiokava Los Angeles Transpacific Borderlands (exhibition) United States
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