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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 6, 2023

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Journal Entry #Super Hair Pro 5000: "Trimming My Vanity..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 27, 2021

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Journal Entry #About 100,000 Per Head: "Follicle Follies..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 5, 2020

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Journal Entry #About 100,00 Per Head: "I Need a Trim..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 20, 2020

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The Road to the Olympic Games

Never Give Up: Jessica Yamada By the end of July 2020, the world’s attention should be focus…

Henrique Minatogawa • Dec. 6, 2019

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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

Japanese Hair: A Rambling Exploration of its Cultural, Familial, and Personal Roots

When I enter that “nonki” (as my grandma jokingly calls it) state of being where I sort…

Danielle Yuki Yang • Aug. 13, 2018

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Akiko Matsumoto, a hair and makeup artist who moved to the US in 1990 and is active in Hollywood

"Gaining experience in Japan before moving to the US" was the right decision Hair and ma…

Keiko Fukuda • May 21, 2018

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Yuko T. Koach, who runs a beauty school and is also active as a leading Hollywood hair stylist

Shelved her dream to go abroad and became a hairdresser. She entrusted her dreams to her daughters …

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 29, 2016

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Shoso Nomura—Through The Fire And Back

One hot summer afternoon back in 2008, my husband and I had just finished taking my mother to Hunti…

Mary Uyematsu Kao • April 6, 2016

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Documentarian Greg Chaney: Honoring Juneau’s Japanese Community Unjustly Incarcerated during World War II

“There were no Japanese Americans left in Juneau at that time. It was a moment when this co…

Edward Yoshida • March 25, 2016

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Journal Entry #More than 100,000: "50-100 Fall Out Per Day..."

Journal Entry #Super Hair Pro 5000: "Trimming My Vanity..."

Journal Entry #About 100,000 Per Head: "Follicle Follies..."

Journal Entry #About 100,00 Per Head: "I Need a Trim..."

The Road to the Olympic Games

Japanese Hair: A Rambling Exploration of its Cultural, Familial, and Personal Roots

Akiko Matsumoto, a hair and makeup artist who moved to the US in 1990 and is active in Hollywood

Yuko T. Koach, who runs a beauty school and is also active as a leading Hollywood hair stylist

Shoso Nomura—Through The Fire And Back

Documentarian Greg Chaney: Honoring Juneau’s Japanese Community Unjustly Incarcerated during World War II