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Since childhood, I have made friends of both different and oriental ancestries – not only Japanese,…

Tatiana Maebuchi • April 23, 2021

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Eight Values that Brazilian Nikkei Want to Transmit to Their Descendants

Strong feeling of responsibility to transmit the Nikkei legacy for the future Covid-19 has been sp…

Masayoshi Morimoto • April 5, 2021

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Michelle Kumata, A Japanese-American Artist with Brazilian Ancestral Roots

Seattle native Michelle Kumata’s artistic journey has taken her across the country to New Y…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Nov. 23, 2020

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The work of two multicultural Nikkei tattoo artists

From about 10 years ago, tattoo has been gaining another status in Brazil. Previously, the common p…

Henrique Minatogawa • Nov. 6, 2019

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Masaki Uyema: an adventurer of Nikkei cuisine

The career of a chef usually has several routes that make their training experience an adventure. I…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Nov. 1, 2019

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Japanese technique and art give shapes and beauty to clay in Cunha

Knowledge acquired in Japan when used in clay has the power to create and transform. Nisei Marcelo …

Tatiana Maebuchi • Oct. 21, 2019

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About the web series NipoBrasileiros

When I found out that the web series NipoBrasileiros would be released on YouTube in April this ye…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • July 8, 2019

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The Freedom to be

When I began my studies on tattoo artists of Japanese descent in Brazil, in my master's resear…

Paula Sayuri Yanagiwara • March 30, 2018

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In Brazil. 109 years.

“No one can take away what you’ve studied” was or still is a sentence repeated to…

Célia Sakurai • June 18, 2017

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Heat

Every Japanese car manufacturer installed here in Brazil needs to subject the design of its product…

Hudson Okada • May 8, 2017

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