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It was not until the initial block meeting was ending that Jo noticed Flo and Hideo at one of the f…

Akio Konoshima • Sept. 13, 2010

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Journal Entry #212° For 2-4 Minutes:"Fast Food Firsts..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 11, 2010

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Japanese education across the ocean

第13回　御真影・教育勅語・修身

戦前ブラジルの日系移民子弟教育の理念は、臣民教育、忠君愛国的教育であったとよく言われる1。では、臣民教育、忠君愛国的教育とはいかなるものであろうか。それは、御真影をいただき、教育勅語の精神を体得する…

Sachio Negawa • Sept. 10, 2010

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My Trip to the Orient - Part 7

Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa E…

Alyssa Erin Woo • Sept. 10, 2010

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Virgil Westdale: Farm Boy, Pilot, Soldier, Inventor, Author, and Gentleman

Virgil Westdale’s exceptional life story might never have been published had he not attended …

Esther Newman • Sept. 9, 2010

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Uchinanchu Journalism - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Higa is not the earliest pioneer of Uchinanchu journalism in America. [inline:…

Ayako Mie • Sept. 8, 2010

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Japan in the World and the World

フロリダと天橋立－その１

アメリカ南東部のフロリダ州に、日本文化を紹介するモリカミ・ミュージアムと日本庭園があることと、そこで春に行われた大きなフェスティバルの模様を前回紹介した。日本とはあまり縁のないような場所にある「…

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 7, 2010

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Jack, MosAika and Being Canadian

There really is no better place to contemplate what it means to be Canadian than in our nation&rsqu…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 7, 2010

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「忠誠」の意味

1990年に公開されたハリウッド映画『愛と悲しみの旅路』（アラン・パーカー監督）は、アイリッシュ系の夫を持つ二世の女性を主人公に、彼女が娘に戦前・戦後の家族の体験を語って聞かせる形で、強制収容政策に…

Yoko Murakawa • Sept. 6, 2010

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What Pearl Harbor Wrought

Flo - Part 2

The winter of 1942-43 at Heart Mountain was severe, or maybe all winters there were that severe. At…

Akio Konoshima • Sept. 6, 2010

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