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Bradford Smith: An American to Japan (and Back) — Part 1
Greg Robinson
Outside defenders of Japanese Americans during World War II, especially those in positions of power, were rare. Issei and Nisei did, however, receive various forms of assistance from a circle of “old Japan hands,” white Americans who had lived in Japan before the war and had become familiar with Japanese …
From Wilfred Hari to Yoshitaka Horiuchi: The career of an Expatriate Executive - Part 2
Greg Robinson
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From Wilfred Horiuchi to Wilfred Hari: The Career of a Nisei Writer and Performer - Part 1
Greg Robinson
One exceptional Nisei, the different pieces of whose life I have been trying to investigate, was a man by the name of Yoshitaka Wilfred Horiuchi. In the course of a 50-year career, operating in different places and under different names, he made contributions in a variety of fields, from the …
A Heart to Heart: Carlos Bulosan and Japanese Americans - Part 2
Jonathan van Harmelen, Greg Robinson
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A Heart to Heart: Carlos Bulosan and Japanese Americans - Part 1
Jonathan van Harmelen, Greg Robinson
Yoshinori Matsuyama: A Transnational Japanese Tenor and Composer in America—Part 2
Greg Robinson
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Yoshinori Matsuyama: A Transnational Japanese Tenor and Composer in America—Part 1
Greg Robinson
In recent decades, Asian-born performers have occupied a visible place in western classical music. These Musicians From a Different Shore, in scholar Mari Yoshihara’s phrase, have included renowned soloists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Mitsuko Uchida, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Kyung-Wah Chung, and Lang Lang, conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Myung-whun …