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No. 52 (part 1) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kanariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival
Ryusuke Kawai • Sept. 13, 2024
Inside the Magic of Hisako’s House with Robyn Mineko Williams
Emily Hood • Sept. 12, 2024
Pam, Pa-mu, Pamu-chan??
Pam Momoko Yan • Sept. 11, 2024
BTSD Holds Services for Imperial Valley Ancestors: A Longstanding Memorial Day Weekend Tradition
Edna Horiuchi • Sept. 10, 2024
John Esaki—Treasured Filmmaker and Storyteller in Little Tokyo
Helen Yoshida • Sept. 9, 2024
Anthology Pinpoints Japanese American Experience in the 1930s
Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Sept. 8, 2024
Journal Entry #But 100% Confident: "Ignorance is Bliss..."
Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 7, 2024
Featured Stories
Tad Nakamura’s Art and Activism
Helen Yoshida • April 25, 2023
The Power of a Name
Sydney Haupt • July 22, 2024
Who Am I? Reclaiming My Japanese Identity
Melissa Segura • July 29, 2024
Eriko Higa, born in Japan, raised in Bolivia, became a lawyer in the United States
Keiko Fukuda • April 24, 2023
Journal Entry #3 Billion Made Yearly: "Egg Fried Rice, Please..."
Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 3, 2024
The secret to living to 100 years old in good health - Yoshiaki Umezaki, a walking dictionary of immigration history - Part 1
Masayuki Fukasawa • April 11, 2023
Series
The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists' Families
Yobun Shima • Oct. 25, 2018 - Sept. 2, 2024
The legendary Vancouver Asahi team was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. It was more than 60 years since the team was disbanded by the outbreak …
Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Tomoko Oura • Oct. 6, 2023 - Aug. 30, 2024
Japanese companies in Brazil have continued to operate even amid the harsh conditions of the pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to calm down and new values aimed at sustainability are required, this series will introduce the current status of …
The Amazing Tashiro Family
Greg Robinson • Oct. 13, 2023 - Aug. 28, 2024
This is the story of the Tashiro clan of Cincinnati, New England, North Carolina, and Seattle. Though oddly unheard of today, the Tashiros rank high in the category of diverse and accomplished Japanese American families, whose members distinguished themselves in …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Amina Abuthahir +130 • Dec. 15, 2016 - Aug. 22, 2024
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column is a space for the Nikkei community to share stories through diverse writings on culture, history, and personal experience. The column will feature a wide variety of poetic form and subject matter with themes that …
History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 18, 2021 - July 31, 2024
This series explores the history of pre-war Seattle Nikkei immigrants by researching old articles from the online archives of The North American Times, a joint project between the Hokubei Hochi [North American Post] Foundation and the University of Washington (UW) …
Much Mahalos
Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 11, 2023 - July 30, 2024
In this series, acclaimed author "Da Pidgin Guerrilla" Lee A. Tonouchi uses the language of Hawai‘i Creole, a.k.a. Pidgin, to talk story with accomplished and up-and coming Japanese/Okinawan Americans from Hawai‘i. Interviewees discuss their passions, their triumphs, as well as their …
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