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The Short but Sweet Political Career of George E. Outland—Part 2
Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 12, 2024
The Short but Sweet Political Career of George E. Outland—Part 1
Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 11, 2024
Her Name Was Not Margaret
Marsha Takeda-Morrison • Dec. 10, 2024
Episode 48 Mai-chan's Dream
Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Dec. 10, 2024
“A Pebble on the Ground”: How It Helped Kirk Kurokawa Become Hawai‘i’s Premiere Portrait Artist
Lee A. Tonouchi • Dec. 9, 2024
Chapter 1—Family Roots, Life in Canada Before Exile
Stan Kirk • Dec. 8, 2024
Journal Entry #4 Truly Great Gifts: "Money is Good, Too..."
Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 7, 2024
Featured Stories
A Belated Reparation—Part 1
Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 11, 2024
It All Started with one Question: How Sarah Tamashiro Kuaiwa Came one Museum Curator
Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 28, 2024
Nikkei family history written in film: Okaeri: The Spy of the Rising Sun
Hiro Ramos Nako • Aug. 13, 2024
The Long-Awaited Harumi
Harumi Murakami Giuria • Sept. 29, 2024
550 Pigs Cross the Pacific Ocean
Tetsuro Shimojima • July 10, 2024
Part 51: Japanese child left behind in Congo
Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 23, 2024
Series
Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Amina Abuthahir +132 • Dec. 15, 2016 - Nov. 28, 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 …
On Nikkei
Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 11, 2022 - Nov. 22, 2024
What is Nikkei? Ryusuke Kawai, a non-fiction writer who translated "No-No Boy," covers a variety of topics related to Nikkei, including people, history, books, movies, and music, focusing on his own involvement with Nikkei.
Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Tomoko Oura • Oct. 6, 2023 - Oct. 3, 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 - Sept. 24, 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 …
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 …
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) …
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