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In the last part, I talked about Sumiyoshi Arima’s articles in The North American Times&…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Dec. 7, 2022

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 10 (Part 4) History of the North American Times – Sumiyoshi Arima, Chairman of the Japanese Association and Journalist

The last part shared articles by a female employee of the North American Times, the 5000th ann…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Nov. 30, 2022

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Suspicious Points of Contact in Pre-War Chicago

Japanese Affinity with African American Communities—Part 1

Introduction In December 1943, when loyal Japanese Americans were leaving concentration camps and …

Takako Day • Dec. 12, 2021

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Nikkei memories

Sueko Noda, a 93-year-old Nisei, remembers that during the looting of Japanese homes and businesse…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Oct. 5, 2021

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Nikkei Community Internship: An Internship of a Lifetime

I vividly remember the night that I called my friend from my school’s Nikkei Student Union ab…

Laura Kato • Oct. 1, 2021

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 1—19th Century Seattle and Nikkei Immigrants

The North American Times is a Japanese newspaper that was published in Seattle from 1902 until shor…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 18, 2021

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In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon

Chapter 5 — The Struggle Against Exclusion

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Eiichiro Azuma • Nov. 20, 2017

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In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon

Chapter 4 — Japanese Immigrant Families and Community Development

“Japan is such a small island country…. What is the use of returning to such a place…

Eiichiro Azuma • Nov. 13, 2017

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

In Community

For this time of Ramadan and in honor of the longstanding, ever-building relationship between the J…

traci kato-kiriyama +1 • June 15, 2017

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Memories of the 1932 Olympics: A Page in Japanese American History

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Eriko Yamamoto • Feb. 10, 2016

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Chapter 10 (Part 5) History of the North American Times – World War II and the Last Issue