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Shigueko Unten, everyone's chodewa
The first thing that surprises you about Shigueko Unten is that she doesn't look anywhere near …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Aug. 16, 2023

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) Battle of Okinawa dekasegi foreign workers gateball (sport) generations Japan Nikkei in Japan Nisei Okinawa Prefecture Peru Shigueko Unten sports U.S. Occupation Army World War II
Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) Battle of Okinawa dekasegi foreign workers gateball (sport) generations Japan Nikkei in Japan Nisei Okinawa Prefecture Peru Shigueko Unten sports U.S. Occupation Army World War II
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A Journey of Self-Discovery: My “Japaneseness” — Part 1
A “journey” can be described as a path or road one takes to reach a destination. Like…

Vince Takemi Ebata • July 30, 2023

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emigrations generations Hawaii Honshu identity Japan Japanese Americans Kagoshima Prefecture Nikkei Nikkei in Japan retirement Sansei United States
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German Chinen Murata: The secret artist
The story of German Chinen Murata (Lima, 1967) can be told as if it were a comic strip. The synopsi…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 24, 2023

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artists dekasegi foreign workers German Chinen Murata Lima Nikkei in Japan Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Transiciones (exhibition)
artists dekasegi foreign workers German Chinen Murata Lima Nikkei in Japan Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Transiciones (exhibition)
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Shizuka Anderson, Canadian Japanese Actor, TV Presenter, “Japan by Food” Host, and Singer: The Evolution of Her Hafu/Nikkei Identity
Readers were introduced to byFood.com, “Japan’s One-stop Food Platform,” in Disco…

Karen Kawaguchi • July 18, 2023

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acting actors Alberta artists byFood (website) Canada Edmonton entertainers identity Japan by Food (YouTube) Japanese Canadians Nikkei in Japan racially mixed people Shizuka Anderson
acting actors Alberta artists byFood (website) Canada Edmonton entertainers identity Japan by Food (YouTube) Japanese Canadians Nikkei in Japan racially mixed people Shizuka Anderson
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 3—The Missionary
“So what kind of person do you think the author is?” I asked the students in my class…

Lon Kurashige • June 30, 2023

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Americanization Americans assimilation economics equality individualism Japanese Nikkei in Japan political science self-interest sociology United States
Americanization Americans assimilation economics equality individualism Japanese Nikkei in Japan political science self-interest sociology United States
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Dekasegi Story
Episode 44 (Part 2) "I'm back home"
Read the first part >> Returning to Brazil for the first time in three years, Paulo went alon…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • June 30, 2023

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Nikkei in Japan
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On Nikkei
No. 29 Rakugo in Three Languages ​​~ Japanese-American Female Rakugo Artist Ramuone
Vibrant Although there are not many attempts to perform rakugo in English, it seems to have become…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 26, 2023

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beverages Brazil dekasegi foreign workers humor Japan Japanese Brazilians Nikkei in Japan rakugo ramune storytelling
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 1—Passing Time
As I strode down the station corridor past the ticket gates, I became nostalgic for my childhood in…

Lon Kurashige • April 28, 2023

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generations identity Japanese Americans languages Nikkei in Japan Yonsei
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Eriko Higa, born in Japan, raised in Bolivia, became a lawyer in the United States
Both parents grew up in Colonia Okinawa, Bolivia. I first met Eriko Higa, an immigration lawyer ba…

Keiko Fukuda • April 24, 2023

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Bolivia California dekasegi foreign workers immigrants immigration Japan lawyers Los Angeles migration Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Santa Cruz (Bolivia) United States
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Dekasegi Story
Episode 44 (Part 1) "I'm back home"
Paulo had already made up his mind when he was in junior high school: "After graduating from h…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • April 20, 2023

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan
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