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Medical technologist Pedro Ruiz's relationship with the Nikkei community began in 1980, when h…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Jan. 10, 2024

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 3: Aiko Tashiro—Writer, Musician, and Activist

Among the five accomplished children of Aijiro Tashiro, daughter Aiko was perhaps the one who had t…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 11, 2023

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Gwen Muranaka’s Drawing by Heart: Cartoons to Spark Conversation and Creativity

Gwen Muranaka is one of those rare individuals who is doing exactly the job they dreamed of as a ki…

Amelia Ino • Nov. 10, 2023

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 2: Ken Tashiro—Journalist

Read Part 1 >> Aijiro and Nao Tashiro had five children who had distinctive (and distin…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 20, 2023

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

For Kyra Karatsu—Writing is a Foregone Conclusion

Where does talent come from? Is it inherited or learned? Nature or nurture? According to the BBC&rs…

Esther Newman • Aug. 18, 2023

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Ernest Meyer: A Progressive Voice in Defense of Japanese Americans

In the period following the outbreak of the Pacific War, newspapers played a leading role in foment…

Greg Robinson • June 26, 2023

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Interview with Emi Sasagawa, Author of Atomweight

Emi Sasagawa is an award-winning Brazilian-Japanese journalist living in Vancouver. Her work has be…

John Endo Greenaway • May 10, 2023

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Making History: Remembering Nikkei Legacy

Recently, I have been researching the life of Toyo Takata. The late Japanese Canadian journalist …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2023

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#25 Recollections of Toru Suwa, a photojournalist living in America with a camera

Inspired by Kenichi Horie and Minoru Oda Kenichi Horie (84), an ocean adventurer, was recently awar…

Ryusuke Kawai • March 10, 2023

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Former journalist and current VP of the U.S.-Japan Council — Fred Katayama

From Japanese society to white society Thirty years ago when I moved to Los Angeles, Tricia Toyota…

Keiko Fukuda • March 2, 2023

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