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Japanese Family Protocols
Have you ever had a discussion about your family protocols with your father, mother, or both? In th…
Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Aug. 29, 2023
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A Love Letter to My Father
Some years ago I wrote a column, “Nunc Pro Tunc,” which recounted my development as a…
Greg Robinson • June 18, 2023
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Life Lessons of Mottainai
Like many Sansei, I heard the admonishment “mottainai” countless times in my childhood.…
Alden M. Hayashi • April 21, 2023
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A Day of Remembrance at JANM
I left Los Angeles over a half decade earlier in 2010 and had not been back since. A visit to see m…
James Okumura • April 13, 2023
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Living, Dying, and Passing It On—Alan Nishio Family at Ireichō
As Los Angeles skies began to clear after the first spell of frigid March rain, a three-generation …
Sharon Yamato • March 28, 2023
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The Search for Truth: Piercing Three Layers of Deception
For years I have wanted to write about my family and ancestors to preserve stories of the struggl…
Alden M. Hayashi • Feb. 8, 2023
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Love and Reckoning: A Meditation On Family Photos
In my childhood home in Roseville, California, we had a room we called “the den.” It wa…
Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 6, 2022
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Reflections on Being Mixed, but Not Mixed Up
My mother was Japanese. My father was Black (African American). My father was Black. My mother was …
Curtiss Takada Rooks • July 6, 2020
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Khizr Khan’s words echo for Japanese American World War II Gold Star families
I could feel myself getting choked up as I watched Khizr and Ghazala Khan address the Democratic Na…
Tom Ikeda • Aug. 10, 2016
