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Read Part 1 >> In Nagano’s hometown, Kuchinotsu (near Nagasaki), the local museum…

Ann-Lee Switzer +1 • April 15, 2024

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Exploring Global Nikkei History in Victoria: A Conversation with the Past Wrongs, Future Choices Scholars and Artists - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Jonathan van Harmelen: Andrea, just to ask you briefly, have you ever thought…

Jonathan van Harmelen • July 10, 2023

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Exploring Global Nikkei History in Victoria: A Conversation with the Past Wrongs, Future Choices Scholars and Artists - Part 1

In the world of academia, rarely does one encounter international research centers dedicated to res…

Jonathan van Harmelen • July 9, 2023

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No. 23 Manzo Nagano, a pioneer of Canadian immigration — Discover his footsteps in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki Prefecture

Since the summer before last, I have been traveling by car intermittently along the coastline of Ja…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 10, 2023

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83 memories from La Victoria school

When the Second World War ended in 1945, the community of Japanese origin in Peru was headless, adr…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 20, 2022

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Challenging Times at British Columbia's YK3 Brewery

In February of 2018, I visited YK3, a small sake brewery in Victoria, British Columbia headed by …

Nancy Matsumoto • May 7, 2021

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Paul and the Dictator

Pablo Imai did not move a muscle during his trial, in the jury room of the Belén Courthouse, for ch…

Carlos Uscanga • Aug. 21, 2017

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Nisei: When The Nisei-nts Go Marching In ...

When the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in…. oh when the Nisei-nts go…

Chuck Tasaka • May 26, 2017

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Nisei: Immigration To Canada

Manzo Nagano is credited for being the first Japanese settler in Canada in 1877, though he was not …

Chuck Tasaka • March 24, 2017

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Hansen–Takata Wedding: The Japanese Garden at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific

In July, at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, a very special marriage took place in the bonsa…

Kathy Harris • Oct. 24, 2016

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Manzo Nagano (Part 2) — Did He Come in 1877?