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Bad SAT/GRE genes?
I’m preparing to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) to apply for graduate school. Stu…

Victoria Kraus • Feb. 10, 2007



Following my sign
My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. I tend to get spiritual around the month of my birth…

Victoria Kraus • Feb. 3, 2007


ワラと松と竹-ブラジル日系社会で新年を迎える
サンパウロから500キロ離れた小さな町。12月にはいると、いつも7時には早々閉めてしまう商店が遅くまでやるようになる。 街の中心の辻々には、財政が厳しいなか、市役所が提供したという、小さいながらも凝…

Shigeo Nakamura • Feb. 1, 2007


Japanese cars are better
In last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times (January 21, 2007), columnist Steve Lopez wrote about Humm…

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 27, 2007


Sobre nombres e identidad colectiva: El caso de los Nikkei en el Perú
El tema de la identidad, aun cuando muy frecuentemente mencionado en los discursos, sobre todo pol&…

Amelia Morimoto • Jan. 25, 2007


Samurais, Ninjas - Oh My!
A good friend of mine who works for a Japanese American historical organization recently received t…

Koji Steven Sakai • Jan. 23, 2007


Spiritual journeys, done from home
I woke up at 6:07 a.m. last Friday morning to an NPR “Morning Edition” interview with G…

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 20, 2007


La importancia de Yamato Damashi y el Yamato Nadeshiko
En el año 660 a.c. aparece en escena el primer Emperador del Japón con el nombre de J…

Emi Kasamatsu • Jan. 18, 2007


Remedies for the common cold
I recently caught a winter cold. Although it’s never really winter in Southern California, th…

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 13, 2007


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