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As has happened in other countries, Covid-19 hit Brazil in a devastating way, showing those who did…

Katsuo Higuchi • May 25, 2020

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

An Unforgettable Experience in Japan - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Saturday, March 12thMy friends and I woke up at 6:00 AM to see if any of the bu…

Kristin Hanaoka • May 30, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

An Unforgettable Experience in Japan - Part 1

Friday, March 11On Friday, March 11, 2011, my life was turned upside down. A 9.0 earthquake struck …

Kristin Hanaoka • May 23, 2011

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan earthquakes JPquake2011 Voices of Chicago (journal) (series)

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

The Great Tohoku Disaster: Christopher’s Story - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Reaction from family back homeMy family were also incredibly understanding and …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 21, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

The Great Tohoku Disaster: Christopher’s Story - Part 1

As I write this latest entry to the Great Tohoku Disaster (there is a lot more to come), I do so af…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 20, 2011

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Suupaa Gaijin Justin Baldwin

Justin Baldwin hands me a business card. He is endearingly tense as he begrudgingly mingles at a be…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Jan. 29, 2009

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JET Tales from Aomori

Banging those drums and making friends!

It’s August fourth, 2006, two o’clock in the afternoon. My friend’s mother is wra…

Allison Reed • July 20, 2007

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JET Tales from Aomori

Space is the norm

My friends from Tokyo came to visit me in Aomori last summer, and the first thing they said was, &l…

Allison Reed • June 22, 2007

Aomori (city) Aomori Prefecture Japan

JET Tales from Aomori

The Unspoken Language

In the twenty years JET has been in existence, more than 46,000 young college graduates have passed…

Allison Reed • May 25, 2007

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COVID-19 and its impact on the lives of Brazilian Nikkei

An Unforgettable Experience in Japan - Part 2

An Unforgettable Experience in Japan - Part 1

The Great Tohoku Disaster: Christopher’s Story - Part 2

The Great Tohoku Disaster: Christopher’s Story - Part 1

Suupaa Gaijin Justin Baldwin

Banging those drums and making friends!

Space is the norm

The Unspoken Language