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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

This series presents excerpts from Gene Oishi’s memoir about his lifelong struggle to claim both his Japanese and American identities …

Ana Iwataki +1 • March 3, 2024 - March 24, 2024

Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family

This series narrates the history of the Hyoshiro and Fujiye Hirai family, especially focusing on the two sons, Shig (Shigeru) and …

Stan Kirk • Jan. 21, 2024 - Feb. 25, 2024

Experiences of the Japanese community in Brazil

A series written by the pen name Haga Fumito. The author, who became involved with the Japanese community in Brazil …

Fumihito Haga • Dec. 18, 2008 - March 5, 2009

Exploring the world of "No No Boy"

No-No Boy is a novel written by John Okada, a second-generation Japanese-American who lived in the United States during the …

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 22, 2016 - Feb. 10, 2017

Family Histories in Seattle’s Nikkei Community

This series explores family histories from Seattle’s Nikkei community. Two Seattle University students, Sharon Ideguchi and Minami Hasegawa, worked together …

Sharon Ideguchi • May 28, 2018 - June 15, 2018

Farewell to Manzanar—DVD Introduces Film to a New Generation

In 1976, the TV film Farewell to Manzanar, based on the book by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, was broadcast on NBC. …

Esther Newman • Oct. 7, 2011 - Jan. 16, 2012

Fresno Stories

This series examines the history of Nikkei in Fresno and their impact on the history of the city and California’s …

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 12, 2022 - June 22, 2023

From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

This series of articles come from a Japanese American Literature class in Germany. Bettina Hofmann teaches American Studies at the …

Lütfiye Bagci +8 • Sept. 22, 2010 - Nov. 10, 2010

From Densho's Archives

Densho has collected hundreds of hours of video testimony and tens of thousands of historical images. This series presents selections …

Denshō • Nov. 8, 2006 - March 16, 2011

From the perspective of two countries

There are approximately 3 million Japanese people living overseas, of which approximately 1 million are said to be in the …

Tatsuya Sudo • Nov. 16, 2009 - Oct. 22, 2010

From Vancouver's Powell St. to Toronto: Kay Mende’s Remarkable Life

Katsuyo "Kay" Mende, a Canadian-Nisei, was born in Vancouver, B.C. on July 3, 1926. She wrote an account of her …

Katsuyo “Kay” Mende • Jan. 10, 2021 - Feb. 14, 2021

Gifts from Jichan and Bachan

This series began as an annotated catalogue of the magical gifts I’ve received from Jichan and Bachan, Nisaku and Masa …

Susan Yamamura • May 7, 2020 - Sept. 16, 2020

Grandmother's Letter: Children and Books in Japanese American Internment Camps

Ms. Sachiko Aoki of the Children's Library Association in Tokyo told me about a letter written by a Japanese American …

Yuri Brockett • Feb. 2, 2015 - Aug. 10, 2015

half enough

"Half Enough" is Victoria's first regular column series. Opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of Discover Nikkei.

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 27, 2006 - July 7, 2007

Hapa Music is Black and Brown

“Hapa Music is Black and Brown” is a blog series that looks at the racial politics of multicultural Japanese American …

Sonia C. Gomez • Jan. 29, 2019 - Jan. 29, 2019

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

This series explores the history of pre-war Seattle Nikkei immigrants by researching old articles from the online archives of The …

Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 18, 2021 - March 20, 2024

Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

This series consists of reflective essays on Japanese American identity and search for belonging based upon the author’s recent experiences …

Lon Kurashige • April 28, 2023 - Nov. 24, 2023

Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Before World War II, there were far fewer Japanese in Chicago than after the war. As a result, more attention …

Takako Day • June 5, 2022 - Oct. 30, 2022

Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

This monthly series features interviews with young Nikkei who are 30 years old and younger from around the world who …

Javier García Wong-Kit +8 • Jan. 24, 2022 - Aug. 30, 2023

Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), thanks in large part to a grant from the Japanese American Confinement Sites program …

Grant Din +1 • March 17, 2015 - June 5, 2020

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