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In the Western world, New Year’s Eve is a big day for parties to celebrate the end of a year …

Susan Chen +1 • Nov. 21, 2007

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On Being Japanese American

The U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II resulted in the largest cohort of Japa…

Curtiss Takada Rooks • Oct. 26, 2007

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on Unearthing My Family's Values

This Father’s Day my sister and I will be bringing my father to the Japanese American Nationa…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • June 13, 2007

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Growing up as a Japanese person in Peru

It is difficult to remember exactly what it was like to be Japanese in Peru. My ethnicity mattered …

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • May 24, 2007

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Marrying Japanese

My mother has given me a preference list on which races I should/could marry. First on that illustr…

Koji Steven Sakai • May 16, 2007

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Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

>> Part 1 Current Japanese American AttitudesIntermarriage has been a major, and controversia…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 12, 2007

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Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1

To be biracial and Japanese American means having many different labels from which to choose. For t…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 11, 2007

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on J-Town Memories

Growing up, we would come into Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district to visit my Murakami Ba-cha…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • April 27, 2007

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on the Women Who Inspire Me

My grandmother and Yuri Kochiyama are two of the many women who, in their own ways, have helped sha…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • March 7, 2007

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A Yonsei's Reflections...

on a New Year and New Beginnings

Shinnen Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! Happy New Year!It’s a new year and a time for new begi…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Jan. 5, 2007

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Oshogatsu Traditions in the United States

On Being Japanese American

on Unearthing My Family's Values

Growing up as a Japanese person in Peru

Marrying Japanese

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1

on J-Town Memories

on the Women Who Inspire Me

on a New Year and New Beginnings