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Taken: Oregon Japanese Arrested by the FBI During World War II - Part 1

IntroductionImagine that you are sixteen years old. It is a Sunday evening, and you are relaxing wi…

Jill Yuzuriha • Feb. 10, 2010

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Let’s Go to America!

I don’t remember ever having seen my birth certificate until I needed it for my application f…

Kristine Haenschke • Jan. 22, 2010

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Old Rags, Some Grand

“These Colors Don’t Run,” I keep reading. Small wonder, after six months holding …

Scott A. Sandage • Jan. 15, 2010

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Voices of Chicago

Catching Lightning in a Jar

When you’re a writer, everything that happens to you is a potential story you will one day wr…

Dwight Okita • Jan. 6, 2010

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Bill and Sam Naito: A Portland Story

The narrators of this article are fictional figures created by Oregon Nikkei Endowment to represent…

Oregon Nikkei Endowment • Dec. 23, 2009

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Voices of Chicago

Masaru Funai Chicago Lawyer

I am a transplant in Chicago, having arrived from Hawaii with my wife, Carolyn, in 1954 to attend N…

Masaru Funai • Dec. 16, 2009

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Retracing Part of my Family’s Roots in the Shadow of Sakurajima: Part 2

>>> Read Part 1 We drive around to a remodeled housing track where once quaint one-story…

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 15, 2009

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Retracing Part of My Family’s Roots in the Shadow of Sakurajima: Part 1

Mesmerized by Sakurajima, a majestic symmetrical-shaped volcano whose seductive plume obscures the …

Troy Ishikawa • Dec. 8, 2009

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Pictures Worth a 1000 Words

The “street photography” of Yasuhiro Ishimoto, all shot in Chicago, is nothing short of…

Paul Yamada • Dec. 1, 2009

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Nikkei Heritage

Grant Imahara Interview

Flashback to 1954: “Godzilla” makes its big screen debut. Directed by Ishiro Honda and …

Gaye Miyasaki • Sept. 21, 2009

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