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In the spring of 1945, a young man showed up at Walt Disney Studios hoping to find a job in their a…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Oct. 21, 2009

animation cartoonists Iwao Takamoto

A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America - Excerpt Part 1

In the spring of 1942, a few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor launched World War II…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 20, 2009

Canada Executive Order 9066 executive orders imprisonment incarceration United States World War II

Dos visiones sobre los nisei: Watanabe y Matayoshi

En realidad, se trata de comprender que 110 años de inmigración japonesa al Per&uacut…

Augusto Higa Oshiro • Oct. 19, 2009

José Watanabe literature Nicolás Matayoshi Peru

Journal entry #-100 I.Q.'s: "Devolution of the species..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 17, 2009

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Japanese Americans in the Interior West: A Regional Perspective on the Enduring Nikkei Historical Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah (and Beyond): Part 1

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which allowed U.…

Arthur A. Hansen • Oct. 16, 2009

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¿Por qué existen las minorías étnicas? - Parte 2

>> Parte 1 TEORICO Y REAL Lo teórico va ligado a la presencia real de las “minor…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Oct. 15, 2009

identity Peru

Crazy about Japanese Culture: A series in which we ask "gaijin" (foreigners) who are experts in traditional Japanese culture about their fascination with the culture

第６回　「内面のエネルギーを力に変える合気道」 - ロバート・ハイヤットさん

ロサンゼルス近郊のターザナで道場を運営するロバートさんが合気道に出会ったのは、17年前、目にする機会に恵まれたデモンストレーションがきっかけだった。当時はガールフレンドだった妻のナンシーさんとすぐに…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 15, 2009

aikido combat martial arts traditions U.S. FrontLine (magazine)

¿Por qué existen las minorías étnicas? - Parte 1

*Esta es una opinión, extendida, motivada por el artículo de Tilsa Guima “Porqu…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Oct. 14, 2009

identity Peru

Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Dave Iwataki: Jazzing It Up

“Music is emotion,” says Dave Iwataki.“My strongest, early influence was Herbie H…

Darryl Mori • Oct. 13, 2009

Bronzeville California film soundtracks Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) jazz Little Tokyo Los Angeles music United States World War II

The Next Generation: The UCLA Nikkei Student Union

Aside from all the great events that were offered and the memories created in the Nikkei Student Un…

Yoshimi Kawashima • Oct. 12, 2009

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