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Akemi Kikumura Yano • Dec. 2, 2010

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Pioneer Generation: Remembering the Issei

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Denshō • Dec. 1, 2010

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The Hopeful Child

In 1990 Japan revised its immigration law, allowing the Brazilians of Japanese descent to work in t…

Ricardo Yamamoto • Dec. 1, 2010

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Yoshiko Wada

“When my two sisters and I were younger, we lived in my maternal grandparents’ home in …

Patricia Wakida • Nov. 30, 2010

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Fred Kinzaburo Makino: A Biography—His Contributions to Society through the Hawaii Hochi - Part 1

Early Childhood Fred Kinzaburo Makino was born on August 28, 1877 in Yokohama, Japan. His father,…

Hawaii Hochi • Nov. 29, 2010

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Journal Entry #38 Caliber Diet: "I Prefer Duck..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 27, 2010

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Nikkei en Rio de Janeiro

No hay Japantown en esta gran ciudad, sé que existe en Sao Paulo pero, lamentablemente, no p…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Nov. 26, 2010

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Phyla, etcetera - Part 3

>> Part 2 Unlike summer 's eruption, fall crept in day by day. The sagebrush clung to their d…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey • Nov. 26, 2010

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「愛される沖縄料理の店目指す」沖縄居酒屋SHINの新オーナー、木村奈央さん

ロサンゼルス郊外のトーランス、日系人や日本人が多く暮らすこの町に、沖縄料理と泡盛を出すSHINがオープンして３年以上が経つ。それまでは、沖縄県系の人々の人口がハワイに次いで多いカリフォルニアで、なぜ…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 25, 2010

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Mukashi Banashi - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>>When the women finally arrived in Fowler, they found a thriving Japanese co…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • Nov. 25, 2010