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Isago Isao Tanaka: Chronicler of the Japanese-American experience
In 1964, College of San Mateo’s (CMS) librarian hired Isago Tanaka as a jack-of-all trades …

Barbara Wilcox • Aug. 29, 2022

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generations Isago Isao Tanaka Nisei photographers photography
generations Isago Isao Tanaka Nisei photographers photography
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Coronado Japanese community, a Tea Garden, and a Movie Star
Before World War II, there were sixteen Japanese families (including children, about 100 individual…

Edna Horiuchi • Aug. 3, 2022

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acting actors artists California Coranado Japanese Tea Garden Coronado entertainers San Diego Sesshū Hayakawa The Dragon Painter (film) United States
acting actors artists California Coranado Japanese Tea Garden Coronado entertainers San Diego Sesshū Hayakawa The Dragon Painter (film) United States
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 5): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Taro Otsuka, Japanese Garden Designer
Read Chapter 1 (Part 4) >> Taro Otsuka was born in 1868 in Kochi, Japan and rumored to be …

Takako Day • July 3, 2022

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agriculture Chicago gardening gardens Illinois Japanese gardens New York (state) stores Taro Otsuka Tomihei Maruyama Toyo & Company United States
agriculture Chicago gardening gardens Illinois Japanese gardens New York (state) stores Taro Otsuka Tomihei Maruyama Toyo & Company United States
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 3): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Torajiro and Kiku Hamano and Julius Rosenwald in Chicago
Read Chapter 1 (Part 2) >> Possibly the luckiest and most successful Japanese domestic wor…

Takako Day • June 19, 2022

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Chicago household employees Illinois United States
Chicago household employees Illinois United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Food for Thought—TikTok & Tamagoyaki
Like any good Gen Z-er, I’ve made my fair share of TikToks since I first downloaded the app t…

Kyra Karatsu • June 17, 2022

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Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu (series) Japanese food Nikkei Chronicles (series)
Discover Nikkei food Itadakimasu (series) Japanese food Nikkei Chronicles (series)
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 2): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Popularity and Criticism of Japanese Servants
Read Chapter 1 (Part 1) >> Looking at the overall picture of the service industry in those d…

Takako Day • June 12, 2022

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Chicago household employees Illinois United States
Chicago household employees Illinois United States
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 1): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Introduction
  The first Japanese domestic servant to be recorded in the 1880 Illinois census was J. Yanad…

Takako Day • June 5, 2022

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Chicago household employees Illinois United States
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Choices for Japanese People Living in America
Michio Shimizu, who came to the United States in 2011, popularized Yakult across the country, and returned to Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic
"Be a businessman" Michio Shimizu, president of Yakult USA, popularized Yakult, a health…

Keiko Fukuda • May 11, 2022

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business economics expatriations Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture management Michio Shimizu Yakult USA
business economics expatriations Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture management Michio Shimizu Yakult USA
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The Nikkei Community in Uberlândia: Dispersed or Uninterested?
I was born in São Gotardo, a Brazilian city in the interior of Minas Gerais, where there is …

Meiry Mayumi Onohara • May 4, 2022

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Brazil Hawaii Japanese Americans Minas Gerais Nikkei São Gotardo Uberlândia United States
Brazil Hawaii Japanese Americans Minas Gerais Nikkei São Gotardo Uberlândia United States
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Renaissance Artist and “Mad Man” – The Life of Shugo Seno
The world of Japanese American visual artists is diverse. Most art historians focus on the notable …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2022

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artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing
artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing
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