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The Extraordinary Life of Midori Kobayashi, the First Japanese Adventurer to Travel up the Amazon River—Part 2

Masayuki Fukasawa • April 4, 2025

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The Extraordinary Life of Midori Kobayashi, the First Japanese Adventurer to Travel up the Amazon River—Part 1
Midori Kobayashi of Seishu Gijuku University — Friends of Eiichi Shibusawa and Einstein When I h…

Masayuki Fukasawa • April 3, 2025

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Pioneering Anthropologist of Japanese and Japanese American Culture: Iwao Ishino (1921–2012)
Beginnings: One Nisei’s Journey (1921–1944)
“A leading scholar in the ethnography of contemporary Japanese and Japanese American culture and …

Catherine Jo Ishino • April 2, 2025

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“Carlos Chiyoteru Hiraoka”: A Museum to Share
The Carlos Chiyoteru Hiraoka Museum of Japanese Immigration to Peru is being modernized. With tech…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 1, 2025

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Shiukichi Shigemi—Part II: The Arrival of "A Japanese Boy"
Read Part I As previously described, it was in 1889, while studying medicine at Yale University,…

Greg Robinson • March 31, 2025

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Shiukichi Shigemi—Part I: The Birth of A Japanese Boy
Exploring the history of Japanese American literature is a task fraught with uncertainty, as so muc…

Greg Robinson • March 30, 2025

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Journal Entry #5 Loooong Seconds: "Does it Taste Okay?"
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • March 29, 2025

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Featured Interviews

George Takei
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George Takei

Father’s Influence

(b. 1937) Actor, Activist

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Carlos Runcie Tanaka
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Carlos Runcie Tanaka

In Search of an Identity (Spanish)

(b. 1958)　Peruvian Nikkei ceramist

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Emi Kasamatsu
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Emi Kasamatsu

Defining "Nikkei" through lineage and community involvement (Spanish)

Nisei Paraguayan, Researcher

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Michie Akama
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Michie Akama

Reasons for immigrating to Brazil (Japanese)

Issei, Pioneer of women's education in Brazil

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Real People on Video Listen to the stories of Nikkei from around the world through life history video interviews. An Issei pioneer from Brazil, a woman incarcerated in Canada during World War II, a professional taiko performer, a former U.S. state governor ...these are some of the real people who share their life experiences from the Nikkei perspective.
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