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The Little Immigrant — Part 1: When the Wind Calls
My father, Masao Nakachi, was born in Motobu, Okinawa. He migrated to Peru very young. He only wen…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Dec. 4, 2023

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generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Masao Nakachi migration Okinawa Prefecture Peru
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No. 37 What were immigrant ships?
Read "Seeing the World from Immigrant Ships: A Modern History of Japan's Sea Route Experie…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 13, 2023

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Brazil emigrations migrant vessels Sachio Negawa Seeing the World on and off Migrant Vessels (book) ships
Brazil emigrations migrant vessels Sachio Negawa Seeing the World on and off Migrant Vessels (book) ships
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Kenzo Kobashigawa, the sensei of dekasegi past
For Peruvians over 45 years of age, 1989 was probably one of the worst years in the history of thei…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 27, 2023

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dekasegi foreign workers Japan Japanese languages Nikkei in Japan Peru
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Part 35: American Village in Mihama, Wakayama - On the way to Japan's coastline ④
If you head towards the Kii Peninsula along the coastline from Ago Bay in Mie Prefecture, you will …

Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 8, 2023

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Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) aquatic sports British Columbia Canada Canada Museum fishing Gihei Kuno Honshu immigrants immigration Japan Mie Prefecture migration Mihama (Wakayama) Mio museums salmon fishing Steveston Wakayama Prefecture
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Yugo Tomita, an immigration lawyer who studied abroad in the US in high school to become a truck driver
Experience the class-based society of America I have interviewed many new immigrants who have left…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 18, 2023

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California generations immigrants immigration immigration law Issei Japan lawyers Los Angeles migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II Yugo Tomita
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#34 Riki Ito, a female pioneer of America-mura: On a journey along the Japanese coastline③
Bring on the immigration fever In the previous article (No. 32) , "From Americamura in Shima C…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 11, 2023

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Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mie Prefecture migration pioneers prewar Riki Ito Santa Maria United States women
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An Inquiry into the Kibei-Nisei ‘Diasporic Experiences’
I feel a close kinship with this remarkable book by Michael R. Jin. In 2013, I was privileged to re…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 1, 2023

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Arthur A. Hansen book reviews Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless (book) generations human geography Japanese Americans Japanese diaspora Kibei Michael R. Jin Nisei prewar reviews transnationalism World War II
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No. 33 Pearl oysters in Australia - A journey along the Japanese coastline ②
I knew that there had been Japanese people going to Australia to collect white pearl oysters (commo…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 28, 2023

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Australia Honshu Japan Mie Prefecture pearl diving Thursday Island
Australia Honshu Japan Mie Prefecture pearl diving Thursday Island
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Half a century since the last immigrant ship = "People change when they cross borders" - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> His former boss was Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso. At the opening, Ship Membe…

Masayuki Fukasawa • July 19, 2023

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Brazil generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Nippon Maru (ship) ships training-ships
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Half a century since the last migrant ship = "People change when they cross borders" - Part 1
Cruise ships serve as migrant ships to South America Half a century has passed since the last immig…

Masayuki Fukasawa • July 12, 2023

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Brazil generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Nippon Maru (ship) Santos São Paulo ships training-ships
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