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Postwar Japanese Emigration to the Dominican Republic — Part 1: A Tragic Tale
A tragic episode in the transnational history of Nikkei in the Americas is that of the Japanese col…

Greg Robinson • March 12, 2023

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1950s Caribbean Dominican Republic emigrations Japan postwar presidents Rafael Trujillo World War II
1950s Caribbean Dominican Republic emigrations Japan postwar presidents Rafael Trujillo World War II
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No. 23 Manzo Nagano, a pioneer of Canadian immigration — Discover his footsteps in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki Prefecture
Since the summer before last, I have been traveling by car intermittently along the coastline of Ja…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 10, 2023

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aquatic sports British Columbia business Canada economics fish fishing Honshu Japan Kuchinotsu Kyushu management Manzo Nagano migration Nagano Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Vancouver (B.C.) Victoria (B.C.)
aquatic sports British Columbia business Canada economics fish fishing Honshu Japan Kuchinotsu Kyushu management Manzo Nagano migration Nagano Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Vancouver (B.C.) Victoria (B.C.)
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Tsutomu and Misa Igarashi travel to the US to make their children surfers
Migration gives children the gift of a place to be born Igarashi Kanoa is a top surfer who won a si…

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 8, 2023

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athletes California generations Huntington Beach immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Kanoa Igarashi migration postwar Shin-Issei Shin-Nisei Southern California sports surfing United States World War II
athletes California generations Huntington Beach immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Americans Kanoa Igarashi migration postwar Shin-Issei Shin-Nisei Southern California sports surfing United States World War II
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The Search for Truth: Piercing Three Layers of Deception
For years I have wanted to write about my family and ancestors to preserve stories of the struggl…

Alden M. Hayashi • Feb. 8, 2023

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Arkansas deportations families Hawaii Honolulu migration New Mexico Oahu prisons repatriation Sand Island detention facility Sand Island (Hawaii) Santa Fe United States World War II camps
Arkansas deportations families Hawaii Honolulu migration New Mexico Oahu prisons repatriation Sand Island detention facility Sand Island (Hawaii) Santa Fe United States World War II camps
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Kaoru Higuchi, a former immigrant to Brazil and resident in Los Angeles, is a photographer at Jornal do Brasil.
On November 3rd during the 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the "Nahato Comes to Machigwa: …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 25, 2023

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Brazil California cameras Kaoru Higuchi Los Angeles Manila migration Nikon cameras Philippines photographers photography Rio de Janeiro United States
Brazil California cameras Kaoru Higuchi Los Angeles Manila migration Nikon cameras Philippines photographers photography Rio de Janeiro United States
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Part 21: Interview with Yukio Negawa, author of "The Oriental Town of Sao Paulo, a Town Built by Immigrants"
We spoke to Negawa Yukio, a special research fellow at the International Research Center for Japane…

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 13, 2023

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Brazil migration research Sachio Negawa
Brazil migration research Sachio Negawa
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Commonalities between the films "Gaijin" and "Familia"
"Gaijin" depicts Brazilian society through the eyes of Japanese immigrants "It'…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 11, 2023

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1990s Brazil coffee coffee plantations dekasegi Família (film) foreigners foreign workers gaijin immigrants immigration Izuru Narushima Japanese Brazilians Japanese Brazilians in Japan migration movies Nikkei in Japan noncitizens plantations Tizuka Yamasaki
1990s Brazil coffee coffee plantations dekasegi Família (film) foreigners foreign workers gaijin immigrants immigration Izuru Narushima Japanese Brazilians Japanese Brazilians in Japan migration movies Nikkei in Japan noncitizens plantations Tizuka Yamasaki
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19th Setouchi Japanese Emigration Museum
The Seto Inland Sea is dotted with about 700 islands of various sizes, and Suo-Oshima (officially Y…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 9, 2022

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Choemon Fukumoto contract labor emigrations generations government contract immigrant labor Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan kanyaku imin migration Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii (organization) museums Suo-Oshima United States Yamaguchi Prefecture
Choemon Fukumoto contract labor emigrations generations government contract immigrant labor Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan kanyaku imin migration Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii (organization) museums Suo-Oshima United States Yamaguchi Prefecture
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125 Years after the First Japanese Immigration to Mexico: The Soul of Relations between Mexico and Japan - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Japanese Immigrant Communities in the Era of Globalization The waves of immi…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Oct. 13, 2022

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anniversaries communities Japan Mexico migration
anniversaries communities Japan Mexico migration
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125 Years after the First Japanese Immigration to Mexico: The Soul of Relations between Mexico and Japan - Part 1
From the 1897 Opening to the War of the Pacific The start of diplomatic relations between Mexico a…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Sept. 29, 2022

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anniversaries communities Japan Mexico migration
anniversaries communities Japan Mexico migration
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