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Journal Entry #On Average Between 1 and 4: "8% Have None..."
Neal Yamamoto • July 12, 2025
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Sanae Kawaguchi Moorehead: Writer and Friend
It was June 14, 2025. I had long been accustomed to contacting my dear friend Sanae Kawaguchi Moore…
Greg Robinson • July 11, 2025
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Fujinkai: The meeting space that turns 70
The Peruvian-Japanese Women's Association (Fujinkai) celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025. Thi…
Hiro Ramos Nako • July 10, 2025
Minnie Negoro: From Heart Mountain to UConn Exhibition at the Benton Art Museum
The Benton Art Museum’s retrospective exhibition, Minnie Negoro: From Heart Mountain to UConn, cele…
Irene Barnard • July 9, 2025
79 years after the end of World War II, the Brazilian government apologises to Japanese immigrants: its socio-cultural background
Part 1: The formation of Japanese "colonies" and their social structure
Introduction
On July 25, 2024, the Brazilian government acknowledged the persecution, violence, an…
Chiyoko Mita • July 8, 2025
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On Being Gosei: Reclaiming 120 Years of Japanese Canadian History
Part 1—Ancestors’ Call
Around ten years after my grandma died, I was visiting her family’s cemetery plot and was struck …
Ava Sakura • July 7, 2025
Sumo Revival in Vancouver’s Historic Japanese Canadian Neighborhood
Arriving with the first immigrants and nearly extinguished in the internment camps during the Secon…
Lewis Miesen • July 6, 2025
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Join us for a book talk, reception, and panel discussion on Japanese Canadian history. The panel discussion will also be live-streamed via Zoom!
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