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The Japanese version of South American Creole "Colonia" and the insular feeling of the word "overseas" - Part 1

It took me three months to get used to the Colonial language At the end of 1991, at the height of t…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 4, 2017

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Interview with Masako Kanazawa

As a journalist—a journalism student, I should say—I interview people almost every day.…

Nicholas Turner • Nov. 24, 2016

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Toyomi Tsuruta, teacher who opens new worlds

In 2013, the Tsuru Japanese Language Center opened its doors, the entrepreneurial dream of a Japane…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 2, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

To my three children: A father's experience of living in a multilingual world

To the three children Hello how are you? You three were born in America and live a multilingual lif…

Toshiro Obara • Oct. 13, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Nikkei with Y

108 years after the Kasato Maru ship officially brought the first immigrants from Japan, Brazil is …

Claudio Sampei • Oct. 11, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Gaijin

I couldn’t understand my friend Emília. I brought her along to spend the holidays at m…

Heriete Setsuko Shimabukuro Takeda • Oct. 6, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Daikon, Kabu, Akadaikon, Akakabu

After starting to cook in a slightly more conscious manner (living with Bia, my girlfriend, I&rsquo…

Nilton Suenaga • Oct. 3, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Dona Terezinha’s teachings

My mother's name was Terezinha. She left us this earthly life at the age of 59 and I consider t…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • Sept. 27, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

The Japanese language in the daily lives of the members of the Hikari Group of Londrina

We belong to a generation of children, youths, adults, and seniors who are descendants of Japanese …

Alba Shioco Hino +2 • Sept. 19, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Brazil Is My Second Home—Japan Is My Spiritual Home

My mother is Japanese Brazilian, and my father is Japanese. I was born in Japan and lived there unt…

Marina Tsutsui • Sept. 12, 2016

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