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Yurei : the ghosts of Japanese immigration to Mexico
Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 18, 2025
Chapter 5—Settling Ohashi’s Estate
Aaron Cohen • March 17, 2025
We Have Been Here Before: A Speech for Tsuru for Solidarity and La Resistencia at the Northwest Detention Center
Tamiko Nimura • March 16, 2025
Journal Entry #6" or Less: "Good Things Come in Small Packages..."
Neal Yamamoto • March 15, 2025
Part 58: Memoirs of an Italian girl in a Japanese internment camp — Dacia Maraini's "My Life"
Ryusuke Kawai • March 14, 2025
The 50th anniversary of the ANC Choir
Ricardo Miyagui Maeda • March 13, 2025
3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 2
Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 12, 2025
Featured Stories
The Connection between Morinaga＆Co., Ltd. and America: An Interview with Keita Morinaga, Great-grandson of the Company Founder
Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 27, 2025
Her Name Tag Reads “Friend of the Vets”: Stacey Hayashi Shares Stories of da Nisei Veterans
Lee A. Tonouchi • March 5, 2025
Joanne Ninomiya: A Triple Threat—Trailblazer, Producer, Trendsetter
Lois Kajiwara • Jan. 30, 2025
The “Dekasegi” Phenomenon and Its Anonymous Heroes
Katsuo Higuchi • Jan. 31, 2025
Hasegawa Monogatari: 5 Generations Over 124 Years — Part 1
Andrew Hasegawa • Dec. 17, 2024
Nisei Women in New York: The View from Mademoiselle
Greg Robinson • Feb. 6, 2025
Series
Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Tomoko Oura • Oct. 6, 2023 - March 21, 2025
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 …
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Amina Abuthahir +136 • Dec. 15, 2016 - March 20, 2025
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 - Feb. 5, 2025
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 - Feb. 3, 2025
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 …
Nikkei View
Gil Asakawa • Dec. 3, 2009 - Jan. 26, 2025
This series presents selections from Gil Asakawa’s “Nikkei View: The Asian American Blog,” which presents a Japanese American perspective on pop culture, media, and politics. Visit the Nikkei View: The Asian American Blog >>
The Power of Irei
Sharon Yamato • Nov. 27, 2022 - Jan. 16, 2025
A series of articles related to the Irei: The National Monument for the World War II Japanese American Incarceration, a three-part installation listing the names of more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry imprisoned in 75 U.S. detention camps. This …
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