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Toshiaki Toyoshima
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Teaching how to eat sushi (Japanese)

(b. 1949) Sushi chef. Owner of Sushi Gen restaurant in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo.

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Jean Hayashi Ariyoshi
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Possibility of being adopted by aunt

Former First Lady of Hawai'i

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Howard Kakita
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Escape from Hiroshima

(b. 1938) Japanese American. Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor

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Terumi Hisamatsu Calloway
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Discrimination faced in San Francisco (Japanese)

(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

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Kazuomi Takagi
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Generational Gap (Spanish)

(1925-2014) La Plata Hochi, Journalist

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Doris Moromisato
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Being a Nikkei today (Spanish)

(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant

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Roy Hirabayashi
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The philosophy of playing Taiko

(b.1951) Co-founder and managing director of San Jose Taiko.

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Kazuomi Takagi
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Leaving to Argentina (Spanish)

(1925-2014) La Plata Hochi, Journalist

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Margaret Kuroiwa
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Maryknoll Sanitarium

Daughter of an Issei doctor.

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Monica Teisher
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Identification as Colombian, feeling closer to JA than Japanese

(b.1974) Japanese Colombian who currently resides in the United States

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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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