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The Recollections of a “Mixed” Woman Raised in Post-war Japan: Author of “Little Caterpillar in Training” Grace Lee

In the beginning of summer, I had scheduled to meet with a woman for the first time at a café…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 11, 2010

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Journal Entry #1 Daily Dose: "Just Kidding..." :-)

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

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 9, 2010

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From the perspective of two countries

カレン・テイ・ヤマシタ～自分の居場所を問い続ける日系3世作家－その1

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.jpg] カレン・テイ・ヤマシタは、1951年にカリ…

Tatsuya Sudo • Oct. 8, 2010

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

A Soldier is a Soldier - Part 2

Two hours later -- the road's ascent seemed endless -- the bus finally moved into a small valley. T…

Akio Konoshima • Oct. 8, 2010

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「北針」研究会

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」綴の中に米国移民局における取調調書や、サンフランシスコ総領事…

Yoko Murakawa • Oct. 7, 2010

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Fish Ponds Reappear at Manzanar

Summer 2010 Archeological Dig at Manzanar National Historic SiteMANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NE…

Ted White • Oct. 7, 2010

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No me “Salía”

Pues no, no me “salía” un artículo para Discover Nikkei por muchos meses,…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Oct. 6, 2010

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Racism in Post-War America: Not a Matter of Black or White

During this summer term, I attended the course “Japanese Americans” at the University o…

Lara Mylord • Oct. 6, 2010

Germany Hisaye Yamamoto literature racism Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories (book) University of Wuppertal

わたしは「アメリカ系日本人」

ことばは「関係」をあらわすものである。わたしを生んで育ててくれた男女は、わたしや、わたしの妹・弟にとっては「父・母」という存在である。わたしには子供がいないのだが、妹夫婦、弟夫婦に子供ができると、親…

Shigeharu Higashi • Oct. 5, 2010

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Ningyo I – Divine Shape and Human Form

At Centenary Church’s annual bazaar1, I stopped at a table full of discards, and asked the sa…

Edward Moreno • Oct. 5, 2010

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