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Imagine this scenario: an English speaker and a Japanese speaker are barely able to say things like…

Roy Fuentes • Oct. 20, 2011

identity languages lingua francas

Farewell to Manzanar—DVD Introduces Film to a New Generation

An interview with John Korty, director of “Farewell To Manzanar”

“I was always out to change the world.…

Esther Newman • Oct. 19, 2011

California concentration camps films Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston John Korty Manzanar concentration camp United States World War II camps

Chapter 14: A Variety of Sounds

Pochi is a Japanese dogWagging his tail...“Wan, wan”Perry was born in BrazilHe doesn&rs…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 19, 2011

Brazil languages literature poetry

それはグローバルな旅の結果―ブラジルの栽培作物の変化と日本移民－その4

その3＞＞３）ハワイ・パパイヤがコショウの生産地を救うパパイヤはコーヒーと並んで、世界一の栽培量（2003年171万5000トン）を誇るブラジルの果物で、世界のパパイヤの約３割をブラジル産が占めてい…

Chiyoko Mita • Oct. 18, 2011

agriculture Brazil immigrants immigration migration

A Legacy for My Sons

I was honored to have lunch with Ted Tsukiyama, retired lawyer and MIS and 442nd historian and Jame…

Pierre Moulin • Oct. 18, 2011

100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces Bruyères France generations Nisei retired military personnel United States Army veterans World War II

Documenting Manzanar - Part 17 of 18 (Toyo Miyatake)

Read Part 16 >>Miyatake and AdamsPhotography also provided Miyatake an introduction to Adams …

Nancy Matsumoto • Oct. 17, 2011

Ansel Adams California concentration camps Dorothea Lange Manzanar concentration camp photography Toyo Miyatake United States World War II camps

Shinmoto Family - Part 1

The Shinmoto family history in America dates back to 1923, when Tsuneo Anthony (Tony), then five mo…

Minoru Shinmoto • Oct. 16, 2011

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Journal Entry #AU=93 Million Miles: "Astronomical Laughs..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 15, 2011

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Research on Japanese American Literary Magazines: Focusing on Japanese Language Magazines

アメリカ東海岸唯一の文芸誌『ＮＹ文藝』―その8/9

その7＞＞（3）評論．随筆カール・ヨネダが随筆と評論をあわせて9編書いているが、それらの特徴は彼の人生の回顧であり、反戦平和と反人種差別の姿勢であり、家族への愛情である。彼は「訪日余話」（第7号）…

Iwao Yamamoto • Oct. 14, 2011

Japanese literature literature New York (state) Ny Bungei (magazine) postwar United States World War II

Nisei? Sansei? No, I’m just a Gakusei

Where do you come from? How did you get here? Why do you do what you do? As a public volunteer at t…

Sergio Holguin • Oct. 14, 2011

British Columbia Burnaby Canada docents education imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre students volunteerism World War II

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