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Kichi Harada: A Blossoming Life
Several scholars who have studied Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement have mentioned a J…

Matthieu Langlois • July 6, 2021

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culture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese culture Kichi Harada migration New York (N.Y.)
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Choices for Japanese People Living in America
Moved to the US in 1991 and lives in both Japan and the US - Akiko Shimizu
When I went to the US, I was determined to never return to Japan. Akiko Shimizu is a feng shui con…

Keiko Fukuda • June 2, 2021

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generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration New York (state) postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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“Be Bold”: The Artistry of 99-Year Old Kibei Nisei Artist Koho Yamamoto
Was I looking at a pile of charred kindling, a set of raven’s wings or feathers? “I&rs…

Tamiko Nimura • May 11, 2021

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artists California Chiura Obata concentration camps generations ink paintings Isamu Noguchi Japanese Americans Kibei Koho Yamamoto New York (state) Nisei sumi-e The Noguchi Museum Topaz concentration camp Tule Lake concentration camp United States Utah World War II camps
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Obituary: Eunice Sato, 99 — First Female Mayor of Long Beach
LONG BEACH — Eunice N. Sato, the first Asian American woman to serve as mayor of a major Amer…

Gwen Muranaka • March 9, 2021

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California Colorado Columbia University Eunice Sato Long Beach mayors New York (state) United States women
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Posh Writings on Prisons in the West: The New Yorker’s Take on Japanese American Incarceration
In the wake of the Los Angeles Times’s recent self-reflection on the place of racism in its p…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 24, 2020

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imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans media The New Yorker (newspaper) World War II
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Bunji Omura – New York Japanese Antifascist Writer and Publicist
Although the saga of the Issei generation has been written by a number of historians, our understan…

Greg Robinson +1 • Nov. 11, 2020

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anti-fascism authors New York (state) publicity United States writers
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Sometimes the Smaller Things Tell a Greater Story
A woman arrives at New York City after a long trip from Detroit. She writes to a distant friend abo…

Jonathan van Harmelen • May 19, 2020

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California concentration camps Detroit Michigan New York (N.Y.) postcards resettlements San Francisco Topaz concentration camp United States Utah war World War II camps
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Cabaret singer/writer Toshi Cappuccino
Based in New York, Tosi Cappuccino performs solo cabaret shows all over the world. He came out as g…

Hitomi Kato • March 3, 2020

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cabaret generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan LGBTQ+ migration New York (state) people postwar Shin-Issei Toshi Cappucchino United States World War II
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The Unsung History of the Japanese American Committee for Democracy
The Japanese American Committee for Democracy (JACD), a New York-based social and political group o…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 11, 2018

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activism generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American Committee for Democracy (organization) migration New York (state) Nisei social action United States
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Toru Matsumoto: The New York Years
My recent Discover Nikkei article on Tsuyoshi Matsumoto has prompted interest from readers in oth…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 13, 2017

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Christianity Christians generations Hokkaido Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Michigan migration New York (state) Toru Matsumoto United States
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