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The Olympic Dream That a Group of Young Nisei Transformed into Reality in Tokyo
“We asked ourselves, how is this possible? There won’t be any Nisei at the Tokyo Olympi…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 6, 2018

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athletes athletics Carlos Tsuboyama generations Japan Lima Luis Toyama Nisei Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Peru soccer sports students Teófilo Toda Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture Union Stadium Association
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Since at Least 1511: "Scottish Sports..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 17, 2018

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athletics cartoonists cartoons curling humor Olympics sports winter sports
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Not To Be Denied
Mirai Nagasu makes a forceful statement at the U.S. Championships, and is rewarded with a berth t…

Mikey Hirano Culross • Feb. 9, 2018

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athletics figure skating ice skating Mirai Nagasu Olympics skating sports
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Tokyo 2020 unites Brazilian Nikkeis
Japan and the rest of the world are preparing for the highly anticipated 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “T…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Jan. 17, 2018

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athletics Brazil dance drum Hawaii Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei Olympic Games (2020, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics ondo dancing sports taiko United States
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Rediscovering the Legend of Tommy Kono, World’s Greatest Weightlifter
If you’ve never heard of Tommy Kono, he probably wouldn’t have held it against you. Kon…

Ren Hsieh • July 26, 2016

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athletes athletics bodybuilding California concentration camps Olympics sports Tommy Kono Tule Lake concentration camp United States weight lifting World War II camps
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Japan vs. Brazil?
In August 2016, Rio de Janeiro will host the Summer Olympic Games. As the athletes prepare to compe…

Henrique Minatogawa • June 21, 2016

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athletics Brazil FIFA World Cup identity Japan Olympics soccer sports World Cup
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Olympic Medalist Tommy Kono Dies at 85
Tommy Tamio Kono, who won three Olympic medals in weightlifting and became head coach of the U.S. O…

The Rafu Shimpo • May 30, 2016

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athletes athletics bodybuilding California coaches concentration camps Olympics Sacramento sports Tommy Kono Tule Lake concentration camp United States weight lifting World War II camps
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The History and Legacy of “Ragtag” Plantation Kids Who Became National Champion Swimmers
My favorite southern California bookstore is in Santa Barbara. Although located in a commonplace …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • March 8, 2016

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athletes athletics Hawaii Julie Checkoway Maui Olympics Soichi Sakamoto sports swimming The Three-Year Swim Club (book) Three Year Swim Club (play) United States World War II
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Memories of the 1932 Olympics: A Page in Japanese American History
Nisshoki gaSutadiamu no men masuto ni agattaIma dewa yume de nakunatta.Kakkoku tokutenhyo niNihon…

Eriko Yamamoto • Feb. 10, 2016

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1930s athletes athletics California communities Japan Japanese American communities Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans More Than a Game (book) Olympics Southern California sports United States
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> “BASEBALL SAVED US” The coming of World War II brought upheaval …

Brian Niiya • May 2, 2014

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athletics baseball basketball boxing coaches combat discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations judo martial arts Olympics sports sumo swimming tennis weight lifting World War II World War II camps wrestling
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