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Ai Fujimoto moved to the United States in 2011 with the goal of "bringing miso to the everyday American dining table."
Passion for fermentation I met Ai Fujimoto, who runs a handmade miso business in downtown Los An…

Keiko Fukuda • April 29, 2024

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Ai Fujimoto business California downtown LA economics food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese food Los Angeles management migration miso OMISO LLC postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
Ai Fujimoto business California downtown LA economics food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese food Los Angeles management migration miso OMISO LLC postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Utah Judicial Giant Raymond Uno Has Died at 93
Incarcerated as a boy in Heart Mountain, he also served as JACL national president. Raymond Sonj…

Pacific Citizen • April 9, 2024

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armed forces GI Bill Japanese American Citizens League judges Korean war Military Intelligence Service obituaries Raymond Uno retired military personnel Salt Lake City United States U.S. Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 Utah veterans World War II
armed forces GI Bill Japanese American Citizens League judges Korean war Military Intelligence Service obituaries Raymond Uno retired military personnel Salt Lake City United States U.S. Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 Utah veterans World War II
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My Cousin Judy: An Inspiration
My dear cousin Judy Mackey (Baker) passed away on February 11, 2024, at the age of 99. During her…

Greg Robinson • March 31, 2024

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Arizona economies economists families Judy Mackey United States World War II
Arizona economies economists families Judy Mackey United States World War II
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An Unsung Humanitarian - Battle of Okinawa
Morimasa Kaneshiro was born and raised in Hilo where his family ran a barbershop. After graduating …

Dan Nakasone • March 15, 2024

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Battle of Okinawa Hawaii Military Intelligence Service Okinawans Uchinanchu United States World War II Yoshino Nakasone
Battle of Okinawa Hawaii Military Intelligence Service Okinawans Uchinanchu United States World War II Yoshino Nakasone
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Broken Promises: A Japanese-Canadian History Exhibit in Shiga, Japan—Part 2
Read Part 1 >> From November 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024, the Shiga Peace Museum in Higashi…

Masumi Izumi • March 13, 2024

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada Japan Japanese Canadians migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Shiga Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture
British Columbia Burnaby Canada Japan Japanese Canadians migration Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Shiga Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture
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Broken Promises: A Japanese-Canadian History Exhibit in Shiga, Japan — Part 1
From November 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024, the Shiga Peace Museum in Higashiomi City, Shiga P…

Masumi Izumi • March 12, 2024

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Japanese in Chicago before the war
Umeko and Fudeko's Chicago
It is no exaggeration to say that every Japanese person knows about Umeko Tsuda, the Japanese women…

Takako Day • Feb. 7, 2024

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education Fudeko Watanabe Ishii Iwakura Mission teachers teaching Umeko Tsuda
education Fudeko Watanabe Ishii Iwakura Mission teachers teaching Umeko Tsuda
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Bringing seaweed candy to the global market — New York-born, Japan-raised Alyssa Miki
"Bringing the best of Japan to the world" At an event held at the official residence of …

Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 8, 2024

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Alissa Miki business Cashi Cake (firm) economics food identity Japan Kim Kardashian management Misaky Tokyo (brand) New York (state) United States
Alissa Miki business Cashi Cake (firm) economics food identity Japan Kim Kardashian management Misaky Tokyo (brand) New York (state) United States
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The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part II—From Japan to Peru
Read Part 1 >>  In June 1938, Urbain-Marie Cloutier/Yonekawa was sent to Peru. During…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 3, 2024

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Amazon River Region Brazil Calixte Gelinas Canada Catholicism clergy Japan Lima Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries Peru Quebec religion Religious leaders Seitado Kitada
Amazon River Region Brazil Calixte Gelinas Canada Catholicism clergy Japan Lima Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries Peru Quebec religion Religious leaders Seitado Kitada
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The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part I—From Quebec to Japan
During the early years of the 20th century, Japanese immigrants to the West Coast of Canada, like t…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 2, 2024

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Canada Catholicism citizenship Egypt Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries naturalization Quebec religion
Canada Catholicism citizenship Egypt Honshu Japan Kagoshima Prefecture Masanori Urbain-Marie Yonekawa missionaries naturalization Quebec religion
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