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Kenji Toda: Groundbreaking Artist and Scholar

Not long ago I did a Discover Nikkei piece on the artist Bunji Tagawa, who made a career of scientific drawing for Scientific American, and …

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Bicentenario del Perú, 122 años de presencia nikkei

El 28 de julio de 2021 el Perú cumplió 200 años de existencia como país independiente. En 1976, Estados Unidos celebró su bicentenario con festividades …

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Crônicas Nikkeis #10—Gerações Nikkeis: Conectando Famílias e Comunidades

Warren Kato: Judge, Former Attorney, But Most of All a Father and Role Model

I have read articles in the past trying to explain the difference between a father and a dad. To some, a “father” is defined as …

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Japanese Christians in Chicago

Chapter 3: Misaki Shimazu and the JYMCI

The Japanese YMCA that Shimazu had taken over in 1908 had yet to realize its mission, which was to better the lives of the Japanese …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Published in 1900: "First Draft Missteps..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Rejected Characters from the Wizard of OZ” Check back every …

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Book on Heart Mountain football team achieves brilliance

For a number of years I have been working on a sports and society book treating the social and cultural transformation of Southern California in …

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Jungle Fighters: How U.S. Soldiers Beat the Odds On Dangerous Secret Mission

Far from the battlefields of Europe and Africa, another war was brewing in 1943 in the thick, remote jungles of the China-Burma-India Theater. As enemy …

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Shinji Maeda, One-eyed Pilot, to Fly Around the World

Shinji Maeda, founder of Aero Zypangu Project who calls himself a “one-eyed pilot,” departed for his around-the-world flight on May 1st. This mission is to …

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Shuji Fujii and the Hidden Lives of Japanese American Communists

One of the more understudied topics in Japanese American political history is the presence of communists among Nisei intellectuals. Indeed, the late Asian American scholar …

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Masani Nagata: The Farmer Who Discovered a Comet

By July of 1931 the melon season was winding down in Southern California’s Imperial Valley. With fewer runners from the local produce companies wiring eastern …