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Mules on Izenajima, Okinawa
Did you know there are mules on Izenajima (Izena Island)? Well, recently there were two roaming aro…

Colin Y. Sewake • July 3, 2023

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families identity Izena Island Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
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Family Man - Kurt Suzuki
When you enter Kurt Suzuki’s home in Redondo Beach, California, you are struck by what is mis…

Alan Suemori • June 25, 2023

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baseball families Hawaii Kurt Suzuki Maui United States
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 2—Role Reversal
Yujin’s was the first familiar face I saw after arriving in Tokyo. Our reunion was on a str…

Lon Kurashige • May 26, 2023

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families Japan Japanese Americans prejudices racism World War II camps
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Tokita Tales
Mom Was Young Once, Too!
The North American Post Editor’s note: Tokita’s present-day recounting of Issei an…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • May 25, 2023

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families mothers music songs
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Interview with Emi Sasagawa, Author of Atomweight
Emi Sasagawa is an award-winning Brazilian-Japanese journalist living in Vancouver. Her work has be…

John Endo Greenaway • May 10, 2023

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authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
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Ancestry and Toxicity: Breaking Free From Old Patterns and Toxic Relationships
When “unconditional loyalty” goes wrong... Over the years of putting together the piec…

Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels • March 20, 2023

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Tea with my Ancestors
It’s the last day of February. In these final hours of the month, as I lay trying to figure o…

Jessica Huey • March 8, 2023

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ancestors families
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Tokita Tales
Lessons Realized
Have you ever thought about the lessons you learned from your parents? When did you realize that …

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • March 5, 2023

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armed forces concentration camps education families military World War II camps
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Tokita Tales
Only in America
Mom became quite a businesswoman after Papa passed away in October 1948 after a ten-month illness c…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Feb. 22, 2023

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business citizenship economics families generations hotels immigrants immigration Issei Japan management migration Seattle United States Washington women
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Bisa AIKO and her 102nd birthday
“Congratulations, Bisa , on your birthday” and a smiling grandmother AIKO receives, from each of he…

Katsuo Higuchi • Feb. 17, 2023

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Aiko Higuchi Brazil families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration
Aiko Higuchi Brazil families generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration
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