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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

“I’m not half, I’m whole!”

“I hate the word ‘half,’ which is used to designate people like me. I always want…

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu • Sept. 24, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

Documentary Explores Being “Hafu” in Japan

Daddy: Check the box that says “Caucasian.”Me: Really? I didn&rsquo…

Susan Miyagi McCormac • Aug. 6, 2013

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Japan Journal

Banana, Banana, Banana

Are you a “banana”? Do you want to be one? What is a banana, anyway? When I read Wayson…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 27, 2013

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The Ultimate Good: Grace Pastries

“Weddings are the most superstitious of holidays. And the cake? Well it’s like any marr…

Patricia Wakida • May 21, 2013

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Part Asian, Not Hapa

My mother is Japanese from Osaka; my father, American from a small town in Western Oregon. There&rs…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Dec. 6, 2012

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #24 Frames of Hypocrisy: "Blindly Casting..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 8, 2012

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Koji's Column

Why Are Asians Yellow?

African Americans are black. Caucasians are white. Latinos are brown. But why are Asians yellow? Wh…

Koji Steven Sakai • Dec. 9, 2011

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #"Flesh" to "Peach" in 62: Elusive Ethnicity, PT. 1

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 3, 2011

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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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Parallel Wars: Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Internment Films - Part 2

Part 1 >> The War Between Us, a Canadian TV-film directed by Anne Wheeler and rel…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 27, 2010

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