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Shuko Akune: A Life of Dual Expression
Shuko Akune’s life is one of rich dualities—East and West, tradition and modernity, acting and desi…

Masako Hashigami Shinn • May 19, 2025


Kazuo Kawai: Transnational Scholar and Journalist
Part III: Navigating the US-Japan Conflict
Read Part II Even more difficult for Kazuo Kawai to navigate during the 1930s than the balance bet…

Greg Robinson • May 18, 2025


My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #1,000's of Ruminations: "My 2¢ Worth..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 17, 2025


Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 29: Fruta Fruta, the company that sparked the acai boom in Japan
Acai has become known as an Amazonian superfood in both Brazil and the US. It was Fruta Fruta Co.…

Tomoko Oura • May 16, 2025

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Featured Interviews

George Takei
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Father’s Influence

(b. 1937) Actor, Activist

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Carlos Runcie Tanaka
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In Search of an Identity (Spanish)

(b. 1958) Peruvian Nikkei ceramist

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

Nisei Paraguayan, Researcher

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Michie Akama
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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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