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As I mentioned before, my mother was widowed at age 41 with eight children, ages two to 14. We lived in Chinatown, or the International …
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It’s the impression that Becky “Mits” Martin makes of her parents’ face that many — whose report cards in high school were not ideal — …
Part 1 >> Japanese-Language Radio From 1959 to 2000, radio station KOHO on the AM dial offered Japanese-language radio programs. Launched in 1963, KZOO radio …
Like many other fans of KIKU-TV, I binge-watched Japanese-language television shows last month knowing that the station’s multi-cultural programming was coming to an end on …
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Every morning, rain or shine, they're there for the Radio Taiso practice. The site is a sports court located in the Chácara Inglesa neighborhood, in …
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“Hello. Konnichiwa. Bon Jour. Ni Hao. Gutentag. Buenas Dias. Welcome to Yuki Maguire’s International Jazz Hour.” Thus begins Yuki Maguire’s jazz radio show on WUMR …
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In Brazil, currently, there are two radio broadcasters dedicated to Eastern culture, especially Japanese. Rádio Nikkey is the oldest of them, operating for more than …
The summer of ‘63. Fundamental political and social changes swept across our nation. Civil rights battles overflowed into the streets. Confrontations and killings sparked racial …
Daytime we could get only two radio stations—small town stations in Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon that played incessantly. the women dug the lakebedand turned …
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To this point, we have examined three exceptional figures from the Japanese American community with remarkable stories and records. However, the sad truth is that …
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