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Yu Ooka, a jazz guitarist and shamisen player who moved to the United States in 2004

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 15, 2024

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Eric Nakamura: Celebrating 30 Years of Giant Robot
“We were underdogs,” Eric Nakamura says when reflecting on 30 years of Giant Robot. &ld…

Kayla Kamei • Oct. 14, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
A Name Reborn
Dad was given the name Yoneto. He never had a middle name. In Japanese tradition there is only a fi…

Mary Sunada • Oct. 13, 2024

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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #$10 or Less: "I Got a Rock..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 12, 2024

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Part 52 (3) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kanariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival
Read Part 2 Rakugo in English - Rakumei-ya Eiraku is spreading English Rakugo to the Japanese comm…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 11, 2024

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Celebrating June Kuramoto, Koto Virtuoso
On Saturday, October 19, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will hold an Arigato Event to…

Edna Horiuchi • Oct. 10, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
A nikkunēmu of identity
Known in Latin America as a nickname, alias or even a moniker, it is what has sometimes given me an…

Alvaro Moscoso • Oct. 9, 2024

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Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
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NIMA VOICES
Episode 17
November 12
5pm PDT | 7pm PET
Featured Nima:
Graciela Nakachi
Guest Host:
Enrique Higa

Presented in Spanish

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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Oct. 18, 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States
Contested Histories Upper Level Members and VIP Reception
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June Kuramoto: The Arigato Event
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Oct. 21, 2024 - Dec. 2, 2024 New York, New York, United States
Drawing Magic - Fantastical Manga Characters
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UW Washin Kai Lecture:'The Popularization of the Hundred Poets in Edo-Period Japan' with Joshua Mostow
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Book Launch—Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture
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