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Memories of Itoko Imada
Itoko Nishida, who lived from 1891 to 1987, was originally from Hiroshima-ken before she left Jap…

Linda Kawamoto Reid • Dec. 13, 2016

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brides British Columbia Canada Canadá Maru (ship) generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians migration Nikkei Images (journal) picture brides prewar ships Vancouver (B.C.) wives women
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From Torakichi Yamazaki to Jorge Ávila, a family saga
Clotilde Yamasaki never knew her father's real name. He only remembered that his countrymen, J…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Dec. 1, 2016

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families migration Peru
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Beyond Sakamoto Ryoma's argument for opening up the country - Mizuno Ryu, the father of Brazilian immigrants - Part 1
Mizuno Ryu (1859-1951, Kochi Prefecture) was the man who launched the first immigrant ship, the Ka…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Nov. 28, 2016

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Brazil generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kochi Prefecture migration Paraná (Brazil) pioneers Ryo Mizuno
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Japanese Immigrants Who Joined the Mexican Revolution
For Mexico, late 1910 was a time of great contrasts. On the one hand, the celebration of its first …

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Nov. 7, 2016

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Calexico California coal mining contract labor generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Kingo Nonaka Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 Mexico migration plantations Shotoku Baba strikes United States
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Nikkei Heritage
A Look at the Emigration of Identity from Japan to America
When we talk about the state of the Japanese American community today, one of the most common remar…

Ben Hamamoto • Oct. 26, 2016

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caste discrimination generations identity immigrants immigration interpersonal relations Issei Japan Japanese Americans mibun migration prefectures racially mixed people social status stereotypes
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Nikkei Heritage
The Evolving Japanese American Identity - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Connected to Japanese Society and Culture Many Shin-Nisei (children of post …

Jane H. Yamashiro • Oct. 19, 2016

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communities diversity hapa identity Japanese Americans migration race racially mixed people
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Nikkei Heritage
The Evolving Japanese American Identity - Part 1
Slideshow above:  The few remaining urban enclaves of Japanese American culture and identity. …

Jane H. Yamashiro • Oct. 18, 2016

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communities diversity hapa identity Japanese Americans migration race racially mixed people
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Sewing Lessons
My mom and I discovered the Japanese fabric store together two years ago. Under a blue awning, in a…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Sept. 21, 2016

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crafts families migration mothers sewing
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The Story Dealer
Rubén Sugano loves talking to older people. Issei or nisei. Listen to their stories. Nurture yourse…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 20, 2016

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families Fukushima Prefecture generations Japan migration music musical instruments musicians Okinawa Prefecture Peru research Rubén Sugano Sansei sanshin Tohoku
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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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Brazil identity Japan languages migration
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