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A few years ago, I came up with an idea to make a documentary about overseas Okinawan communities. …

Bobby Okinaka • Feb. 22, 2008

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Memories Too Painful to Remember; Lessons Too Important to Forget

Six years ago, we all watched the terrifying images of passenger planes crashing into the Twin Towe…

Mitchell T. Maki • Feb. 21, 2008

Journal Entry # (X2+Y)?36=?: "Working Class Blues..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 17, 2008

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Dreaming in Japanese

"You’ll know you have arrived when you start dreaming in Japanese." Grandma’s voice on …

Julia Hibarger • Feb. 15, 2008

Contemporary Issues Facing Japanese American Communities

Today, a number of challenges face the Japanese American communities in the United States. At the c…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • Feb. 14, 2008

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A Tribute to Japanese Heritage in Hawai'i: Hokule'a's Voyage to Japan

As a volunteer for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, I would like to share info on the timeless Hoku…

Thomas Tsutsumoto • Feb. 14, 2008

Japan’s Imperial Rescript on Education: How important was it in the Japanese American Experience?

Despite its value in teaching the cultural virtues of Japan to the Nisei in pre-WW II America, the …

Ike Hatchimonji • Feb. 13, 2008

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Journal Entry # 42.6: "Japanese Culinary Firsts"

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 9, 2008

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Chapter 6

Chapter 5 >> For weeks after Haru’s baby brother Kei was born, the Shishido household w…

Naomi Hirahara • Feb. 9, 2008

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Words Do Matter: A Note on Inappropriate Terminology and the Incarceration of the Japanese Americans – Part 5 of 5

Part 4 >> When one examines the postwar printed record, whether memoirs by former inmates an…

Roger Daniels • Feb. 6, 2008

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