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Jichan in America
The grandfather of my heart will always be my father’s father, Grandfather Araki (born a Ka…

Susan Yamamura • June 27, 2017

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families Japanese Americans labor migration race United States Washington
families Japanese Americans labor migration race United States Washington
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Reading Japanese American Literature
9th "Garden of Kabul"
As we get older, we all start to look back on our past. We wonder where we came from and why we be…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 23, 2017

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fiction Garden of Kabul (book) generations identity Japanese Americans literature Sansei Yusuke Miyauchi
fiction Garden of Kabul (book) generations identity Japanese Americans literature Sansei Yusuke Miyauchi
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The Issei Lexicon
For years I wanted to compile a list of Japanese American words and phrases. I am beginning a list …

Tim Asamen • June 20, 2017

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emotions etymology generations Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese language koden languages migration mourning etiquette Nikkei sympathy United States vocabulary
emotions etymology generations Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese language koden languages migration mourning etiquette Nikkei sympathy United States vocabulary
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Nisei
A little over two years ago, at a cafe in Burbank, CA, I sat down with Richard Allen and Taran Gr…

Eliot John Hagen • May 19, 2017

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442nd Regimental Combat Team acting actors artists California concentration camps diversity entertainers Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Nisei (TV) postwar resettlements San Francisco Tule Lake concentration camp TV shows United States United States Army World War II World War II camps
442nd Regimental Combat Team acting actors artists California concentration camps diversity entertainers Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Nisei (TV) postwar resettlements San Francisco Tule Lake concentration camp TV shows United States United States Army World War II World War II camps
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Japanese American Name Culture - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Cultural Heritage and Assimilation The names that immigrant parents select f…

Tim Asamen • May 12, 2017

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Chinese characters culture generations identity immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese language kanji languages migration names writing
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Japanese American Name Culture - Part 1
Is it Eisenhauer or Eisenhower? Gonzalez or Gonzales? Yasuzo or Yasudo? Whether they are misspellin…

Tim Asamen • May 11, 2017

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Chinese characters culture generations identity immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese language kanji languages migration names writing
Chinese characters culture generations identity immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Japanese language kanji languages migration names writing
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Writing-to-Rediscover & Writing-to-Redress—Mira Shimabukuro Visits JANM
  “FIRST OF ALL, DO I THINK THAT IT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL? NO I DO NOT… DO I THINK…

Kimiko Medlock • May 9, 2017

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aesthetics book reviews gaman (values) imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) literature metaphysics Mira Shimabukuro poetry psychology Redress movement Relocating Authority (book) reviews theory of knowledge values World War II
aesthetics book reviews gaman (values) imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) literature metaphysics Mira Shimabukuro poetry psychology Redress movement Relocating Authority (book) reviews theory of knowledge values World War II
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Following the Path, Listening to Footsteps: A Day of Remembrance for Tacoma
I am thinking about paths, footsteps, gravel, listening, memory. When I visited the Bainbridge Isl…

Tamiko Nimura • May 8, 2017

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Buddhism communities Day of Remembrance Japanese Americans Michael Sullivan Puyallup temporary detention center religions Tacoma Tacoma Buddhist Temple Tamiko Nimura temporary detention centers United States Washington World War II World War II camps
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California Alien Land Law Repeal: 65 Years Ago Today, April 17
In 1952, Sei Fujii, lawyer, civil rights activist, and newspaper publisher, stood before the Califo…

Little Tokyo Historical Society • April 17, 2017

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activism Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California civil rights communities generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Bar Association Japanese hospitals Japanese language newspapers J. Marion Wright Kashu Mainichi (newspaper) land tenure law lawyers Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Historical Society Los Angeles migration newspaper publishing newspapers Sei Fujii social action United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #1 More Time: "Read My Lips..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 15, 2017

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cartoonists cartoons humor identity Japanese Americans
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