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I am going to name my future unborn child Tojo Sakai. My first generation mom thinks it’s not…

Koji Steven Sakai • Dec. 13, 2006

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Snowflakes in a Valley of Fire

My mother told me one day that fear was useless in her life. Her statements confront what many of u…

Fredrick Cloyd • May 4, 2006

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The Good Fight: Betty Kano and Nina Fallenbaum

Last summer, soon after President Bush declared the war against Iraq “officially over,”…

Margaret Schulze • May 4, 2006

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第十八話　「ただいま帰りました！」

ヴァンデルが8歳の時、母親が再婚した。相手は同じ銀行で働いていた日系人だった。お陰でヴァンデルの生活は変わった。私立学校に転校し、柔道やパソコン教室にも通えるようになった。家族も増えてにぎやかになっ…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • April 2, 2014

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第十七話　三世代のデカセギ物語

バチャン1 ゲンキ？ニホン　イマ　スッゴサムイ。 …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Feb. 19, 2014

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

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薬漬医学の進歩に泣ける老い …

Hidemitsu Miyamura • Dec. 2, 2013

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

結婚式

先日、友人の長男の結婚式に招かれた。カソリック教会での華麗な披露宴で立派な、気持ちのいい雰囲気であった。この友人とは、仕事を通して知り合い、今でも一緒に仕事をしている。実はこの友人、私の家族と古…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • Oct. 29, 2013

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Gasumi Tokeshi, precisión de relojero. Historia de un inmigrante okinawense

La mayoría de japoneses llegaron a trabajar a las haciendas, y luego pasaron a las ciudades,…

Miguel Ángel Vallejo Sameshima +1 • Sept. 18, 2013

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Mi familia y los colegios nikkei. La educación en los años cincuenta

“Dicen que cuando entré al colegio Santa Beatriz no hablaba español, solo japon…

Miguel Ángel Vallejo Sameshima +1 • Aug. 14, 2013

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A vida de um tigre

Mudamos recentemente para a França. Mesmo sem dominar a língua, foi uma mudanç…

Ruy Koga • June 28, 2013

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To my unborn child: Tojo Sakai