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On writing about the JA community
I started my writing career as a music critic and became a journalist with jobs at various mainstre…
Gil Asakawa • Nov. 9, 2017
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The Legacy of the Sansei from a “Ni-hansei” perspective
When I was a kid, I used to tell people who asked what generation I was, that I was “Ni-hanse…
Gil Asakawa • Oct. 5, 2017
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Nikkei View: Thoughts on the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake and tsunami from a Japanese American in Denver
Unless you live in California, most Americans can’t imagine what it’s like to be in a m…
Gil Asakawa • March 19, 2011
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Happy New Year, Japanese-style
Unlike other Asian cultures, the Japanese don’t celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead, they celeb…
Gil Asakawa • Jan. 1, 2011
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Memorial for Colo. Gov. Ralph Carr dedicated
Ralph Carr, the man who served as governor of Colorado at the start of World War II, had been large…
Gil Asakawa • Dec. 30, 2010
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Reiko Rizzuto’s “Hiroshima in the Morning” is a powerful memoir - Part 2
>> Part 1I emailed Rizzuto, who’s now a teacher at Goddard College in Vermont, where sh…
Gil Asakawa • Oct. 21, 2010
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RIP Kyoko Kita – Denver’s Japanese community loses a cultural giant
Tonight Erin and I heard some sad and shocking news. Kyoko Kita, a sensei, or teacher, of almost an…
Gil Asakawa • Sept. 28, 2010
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Gil Asakawa’s Guide to Japanese America
“Do you have to go benjo?” If you know what this phrase means, there’s a high pro…
Darryl Mori • July 5, 2010