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My Two Aunt Karens
The name “Karen” has grown to symbolize many things in the recent year. Specifically, i…

Kyra Karatsu • Nov. 2, 2021

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culture families hapa racially mixed people
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Passing on the Joy of Being Nikkei
I love obon. Standing under strings of chochin, their warm light dotting indigo summer sk…

Norio Umezu Hall • Oct. 20, 2021

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Buddhism culture Discover Nikkei families Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Generations (series) Obon religions
Buddhism culture Discover Nikkei families Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Generations (series) Obon religions
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Way back
Recently, Ms. Yasuko found herself in a situation where she had to prove that she was... herself. H…

Stéphane Taguchi • Oct. 15, 2021

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aesthetics animation anime Brazil culture Japan languages metaphysics psychology theory of knowledge values
aesthetics animation anime Brazil culture Japan languages metaphysics psychology theory of knowledge values
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Geta, giri and going to Japan
My mother, Naomi Boese (née Taguchi), grew up in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan. Her mother was…

Joanna Boese • Oct. 11, 2021

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culture Iwakuni Japan languages New Zealand traditions Yamaguchi Prefecture
culture Iwakuni Japan languages New Zealand traditions Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Yoru no kangaegoto | Night Thoughts
“Jyā mata raishū ne!”  “See you later!” The Zoom call ends, and I fi…

Mimi Okabe +1 • Sept. 17, 2021

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Canada culture food identity Japanese for Nikkei (organization) Japanese language languages
Canada culture food identity Japanese for Nikkei (organization) Japanese language languages
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #6852 Islands: "Just Not into this Stuff..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 11, 2021

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cartoonists cartoons culture humor Japan
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The sociocultural impacts of Japanese immigration in Peru
How has Japanese immigration influenced Peruvian society? The hypothesis of this research is that J…

Ana Claudia Higashi Suárez • July 19, 2021

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culture discrimination interpersonal relations migration Peru
culture discrimination interpersonal relations migration Peru
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Kichi Harada: A Blossoming Life
Several scholars who have studied Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement have mentioned a J…

Matthieu Langlois • July 6, 2021

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culture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese culture Kichi Harada migration New York (N.Y.)
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A young Japanese American teenager trapped in postwar Japan for 13 years
Moldering away in the concentration camps during WWII as a kid was bad enough, but repatriating to …

Robert H. Kono • April 14, 2021

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culture generations Japan Japanese Americans Kibei languages Nisei outsiderness postwar World War II
culture generations Japan Japanese Americans Kibei languages Nisei outsiderness postwar World War II
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Zoom & Zoni: How the Nikkei Community Celebrated the New Year
To put it simply, Oshogatsu looked a little bit different this year. Maybe our kitchens lacked the…

Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 29, 2021

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culture Discover Nikkei families family festivals festivals food mochitsuki New Year Oshogatsu traditions
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