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Read Chapter 5 >> From 2019 Shig and Akemi gradually started to retire from their groce…

Stanley Kirk • Feb. 25, 2024

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The Spaces In Between: Artist Elysha Rei's Intricate Hand-Cut Paper Art

While the sakura were in full bloom outside the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, inside, a differ…

Kelly Fleck • July 16, 2023

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Paul Takagi: A Centenary Remembrance

May 3, 2023 marks the 100th birthday of the late Bay Area scholar and advocate Paul Takagi. As prof…

Greg Robinson • May 3, 2023

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Cuando llegue el momento

Una antigua canción mexicana me hace acordar aquellos viejos momentos ya vividos. La tendenc…

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • Jan. 18, 2023

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Goodbye, friend Mitsuya

Year 1956. It was the year I dared to send a poem of my inspiration to the Peru Asahi Shimbun newsp…

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • Jan. 11, 2021

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Way Down in Egypt Land: Tamio Wakayama, Civil Rights Photographer - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> I cannot recall precisely when I first heard of Tamio Wakayama. Although I ow…

Greg Robinson • March 12, 2020

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“During all of those long years of World War II, I took that Evacuation Day very personally…

Emiko Tsuchida • April 24, 2019

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Nisei Story: Unexpected Friendship Lost and Found

Teresa Chizu Kurisu lived a normal Powell Street life as a child. She attended Strathcona Elementar…

Chuck Tasaka • July 21, 2017

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Growing up in L.A.'s Little Tokyo in the 1950s

Growing up in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was a lot of fun. Japanese American and Mexican American …

Freddie Parra • Feb. 25, 2016

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A New Home For Japan’s Cherry Blossom Trees In Hawaii?

Japanese Botanist Sees Potential in the Islands I stare out at the cherry blossomsIn marvel an…

Gwen Battad Ishikawa • May 13, 2015

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Chapter 6—Life after Retirement and Vision for the Japanese Canadian Community