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Read Part 1 >> I am curious about what prompted you as a third year high school student to return to the US on your …
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“Mr. Commissioner….So when you tell me I must limitTestimonyWhen you tell me when my time is up,I tell you this:Pride has kept my lipspinned by …
I did not really think about the subject until I was guiding a tour at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) where I volunteered as …
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“Growing up Asian in America, we had the songs of our ancestors, but we no longer understood them. In our quest to be American, we’d …
When I was in my twenties, struggling to find my way through life, I very much identified as a gay man. At the time, being …
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Kenji Oshima coaches people who are suffering with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and he also teaches Buddhism (Dharma). Both methods of helping others involve similar skills. …
Along with my Issei father and ailing Nisei mother, I repatriated to war-torn Japan in 1946. We settled in my father’s domicile in Ehime Prefecture, …
On the news the other day, an interviewer was asking people on the street this question: “When did your race matter?” The interviewer asked people …
As a young man in Onomichi, Kazuko’s husband Takeshi got experience writing for a religious sect called Nanmyo Horen Gekkyou, which helped him become a …
Both Kazuko and Takeshi continued working in Kobe and financially supporting the education of Kazuko’s younger brother and sister till they finished high school. After …
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