Discover Nikkei

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Konishi,Toshiro

What’s Next as a Chef (Japanese)

(b. 1962) Japanese restaurant owner and chef in Peru

Kobayashi,BJ

A perfect mix of both

Hawaiian businessman, developer.

Hirose,Roberto

Retaining Japanese customs (Spanish)

(b. 1950) Nisei Chilean, Businessman

Schneider,Harry

Coming to California

(1916 - 2013) Member of the U.S. Military Intelligence Service

Nakagawa,Mako

Message for future generations

(1937 - 2021) Teacher

Terasaki,Paul

The HLA and transplantation history books

(b.1929) Pioneer medical researcher in tissue transfer and organ transplantation.

Shibayama,Art

Learning English upon discovering that family could not return to Peru

(1930-2018) Nisei born in Peru. Taken to the United States during WWII.

Bannai,Lorraine

Is 'Korematsu v. United States' still a threat to American civil liberties?

(b. 1955) Lawyer

Kakita,Howard

Other family members not as lucky

(b. 1938) Japanese American. Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor

Real People on Video Listen to the stories of Nikkei from around the world through life history video interviews. An Issei pioneer from Brazil, a woman incarcerated in Canada during World War II, a professional taiko performer, a former U.S. state governor ...these are some of the real people who share their life experiences from the Nikkei perspective.
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