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The Heart of Naomi Hirahara’s Evergreen

Naomi Hirahara is a Japanese American writer and journalist known for her award-winning mystery n…

Lincoln Der • Aug. 22, 2023

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No. 27: Remaining Japanese and Japanese Americans

Traces of the war still remain Last January, a book titled "Portraits of the Remaining Soldie…

Ryusuke Kawai • April 28, 2023

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On Nikkei

Part 20: Sao Paulo's Oriental Town - Japanese Brazilians

Brazil is a large South American country located on the other side of the world from Japan. There a…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 23, 2022

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Jan Johnson of Japantown's Panama Hotel: "Saving History Saves the Future" - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Q: How did you come to buy the Panama Hotel? One day, Mr. Hori informed…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • May 17, 2022

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Jan Johnson of Japantown's Panama Hotel: "Saving History Saves the Future" - Part 1

Jan Johnson is a well-known name, not just in Seattle but throughout the world. She has welcomed …

Elaine Ikoma Ko • May 16, 2022

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 3—Seattle Development and Flourishing Japantown

In chapter 2, I introduced Manjiro Morita and Masajiro Furuya, who moved to Seattle around 1890 a…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Dec. 15, 2021

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The Redress Origins of the Hidden Histories of San Jose Japantown: A Conversation with Susan Hayase and Tom Izu

Carp flags (koinobori) are floating in front of me, their mouths open. Tanzaku are fluttering in …

Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 20, 2021

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Quiet Warriors

Art Susumi

“No, I wasn’t afraid. I saw a lot of dead bodies around me during the war,” said …

Mikiko Amagai • March 24, 2021

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Quiet Warriors

Edie Horikawa

“At the field camp (in Europe), kids came to us begging for food, with pans in their hands.…

Mikiko Amagai • Feb. 24, 2021

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Waves of Pandemics and the Prewar Japanese Canadian Community

The 1918 influenza epidemic swept the world for two years, infecting 500 million people and killing…

Yusuke Tanaka • Oct. 23, 2020

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