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The media are reporting on how Muslim Americans are braced for attacks this weekend, because of the 9/11 anniversary. I know what that’s like, unfortunately, …
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前号では、南米の教育事情を紹介するとともに、それが少なからず日本の日系ラティーノにも反映していると指摘したが、本稿では南米の社会情勢と家庭の事情が日…
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I first came into contact with Toshio Mori’s works in the “Japanese Americans” seminar I attended this summer term at the University of Wuppertal. What …
Read Part 1 >>Three years after it happened, I am still grieving about the demise of Ningyo Journal, an ambitious periodical that J.A.D.E. (Japanese Asian …
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In the beginning of summer, I had scheduled to meet with a woman for the first time at a café in Little Tokyo. As a …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Big Brother" is watching...? Check back every weekend for subsequent …
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今回は、日系アメリカ人の表現者の中で、とりわけ特異な才能を持つ、カレン・テイ・ヤマシタを取り上げたい。 [inline:yamashita1.jp…
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Two hours later -- the road's ascent seemed endless -- the bus finally moved into a small valley. To one side, narrow-gauged railway cars, which …
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大正初年、現在の愛媛県八幡浜市から近海漁業用の船でアメリカへの密航を図った人びとがいた。外務省外交史料館所蔵の「本邦人海外へ密航関係雑件」綴の中に米…
Summer 2010 Archeological Dig at Manzanar National Historic SiteMANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEAR INDEPENDENCE, CA — Since Congress established Manzanar National Historic Site in 1992, …
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