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The connection between Japanese Americans and World War II is an important one to understand for al…

Guilberto Moran • June 16, 2009

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Dramatic changes in the dekasegi industry: The truth behind the large-scale return to Brazil

第１回　次々に潰れる派遣会社＝最大手すら年末からゼロ

デカセギを取り巻く環境が激変しているのは、日本ばかりではない。金融危機の犠牲となり、真っ先に「派遣切り」されたデカセギが大挙して帰伯しており、当地の事情もまた急変している。最大手と言われていた派遣…

Norie Watanabe • June 13, 2009

Journal Entry # Catch 22-1: "Naturally Naturalized..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • June 13, 2009

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Chapter Ten—Honesty Is the Best Policy

>> Chapter nine“You have to tell him,” says Ginnie, slurping the last bit of nood…

Naomi Hirahara • June 12, 2009

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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１回　「和太鼓ほど、力強い楽器はほかにない」　マセオ・ヘルナンデスさん

日本における太鼓の歴史は長い。縄文時代には既に、情報伝達の手段として日常的に用いられていた。その後、雅楽により芸能に取り入れられ、さらに神社仏閣における祭事や歌舞伎にも欠かせない存在となった。そん…

Keiko Fukuda • June 11, 2009

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What am I? Who am I? – Part 2 of 3

Part 1 >>I had been looking forward to being married and living happily ever after. I had hop…

Susan S. Sakayori • June 10, 2009

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Breve história do ensino de língua japonesa no Brasil

Em 18 de junho de 2008, a imigração japonesa completou seu primeiro centenário…

Leiko Matsubara Morales • June 9, 2009

Historias que atrapan

Una nueva mirada al boom del manga y anime en el Perú, donde sus seguidores, miles de otakus…

Daniel Goya Callirgos +1 • June 9, 2009

Little Tokyo Community Profiles

Bunkado Gifts and Music: The Story of an Artist and His Legacy

Customers and clients call the Bunkado curio store in Los Angeles “the retro store” bec…

Ava Mikolavich • June 9, 2009

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El capital de los Fujimori

Cuando Alberto Fujimori salió a la palestra política afrontaba un problema tributario…

Antonio Zapata Velasco • June 6, 2009

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Keeping Little Tokyo Safe: Satoru Uyeda's Volunteer Spirit