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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again

I am a Hapa, Yonsei Uchinanchu (a mixed-race, 4th-generation Okinawan-American) who was born in Riv…

Laura Kina • Sept. 18, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

What Meeting My Long-lost Uncle Taught Me About Family

Until I went to Japan, I’d talked to my uncle only twice: once when my Japanese grandmother d…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Aug. 26, 2015

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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Japanese language classes in Manaus

After completing our pre-training in Japan, which began in March 2010, we Japanese community volunt…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Aug. 24, 2015

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Immigration—Missing Link in Japanese History: Why Are There So Many Okinawan Immigrants? – Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Bringing Their Culture in Mass Immigration “You can see the Okinawa of…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Aug. 19, 2015

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My discovery of Japanese culture

My family is all of Japanese descent. My great-grandparents are Issei , my grandparents were born i…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Aug. 11, 2015

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2nd Japanese Language Education

It has been 120 years since diplomatic relations between Japan and Brazil were established in 1895.…

Asako Sakamoto • July 22, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

Taste of Okinawa

Crackle! The sound of deep-frying on the stovetop fills the house as my mom prepares her authentic…

Cathy Haruka Uechi • July 1, 2015

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #10% Interest?: "Karmic Debt..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 27, 2015

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Neologism, Circa 1973: "It's a Factlet..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 6, 2015

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Franci: Nisei Musician in Brazil, America, and Japan—“Music is my language”

Conversation with father was in Japanese “I was a timid child and did not like to stand in…

Keiko Fukuda • April 30, 2015

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