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Naomi Hirahara’s Meticulously-Researched Mystery about Postwar Midcentury Japanese America
There’s a haunting in Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, Evergreen—a much-antici…

Tamiko Nimura • March 14, 2024

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Evergreen (book) mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara postwar resettlements World War II
Evergreen (book) mystery fiction Naomi Hirahara postwar resettlements World War II
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Broken Promises: A Japanese-Canadian History Exhibit in Shiga, Japan—Part 2
Read Part 1 >> From November 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024, the Shiga Peace Museum in Higashi…

Masumi Izumi • March 13, 2024

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada Japan Japanese Canadians migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Shiga Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture
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Broken Promises: A Japanese-Canadian History Exhibit in Shiga, Japan — Part 1
From November 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024, the Shiga Peace Museum in Higashiomi City, Shiga P…

Masumi Izumi • March 12, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Chapter 18 — Part 1
I had long thought that I and probably most Japanese Americans of my generation were mental cripple…

Gene Oishi • March 10, 2024

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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #First CT Scan, 10/1971: "Cogito, Ergo Sum..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • March 9, 2024

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On Nikkei
#45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of "Anshu" - Part 2
Juliet S. Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-Am…

Ryusuke Kawai • March 8, 2024

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Stephanie Ajifu, Shibuchoo, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko LA—Reflects on her Okinawan Cultural Heritage
On March 9, 2024, Discover Nikkei will host “Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Iden…

Karen Kawaguchi • March 6, 2024

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California eisa (dance) folk dances Los Angeles Okinawa Okinawan dance Ryukyu Buyo (Okinawan classical dance) Ryukyu dance Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko United States Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 4 (1): Aiji Tashiro—Writer and Athlete
The most eminent of the five children of Aijiro and Nao Tashiro was certainly their son Aiji (prono…

Greg Robinson • March 4, 2024

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Cincinnati Connecticut generations Nisei Ohio Seattle United States Washington
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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Preface
It has been more than three decades since In Search of Hiroshi was published by the Charles E. Tutt…

Gene Oishi • March 3, 2024

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biographies concentration camps education Gene Oishi heritage identity In Search of Hiroshi (book) memoirs teaching World War II World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Lesson 1,537: "There is no Wrong Answer..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • March 2, 2024

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