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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
From Chibi-K to Chicago: Code Switching and Curatorial Practice with Nolan Jimbo
While his life and work can be traced from Los Angeles to Paris then on to contemporary art museums…

Carol Komatsuka • Nov. 24, 2022

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California Chibi-K Run (event) Chicago curators Illinois Little Tokyo Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Nolan Jimbo United States
California Chibi-K Run (event) Chicago curators Illinois Little Tokyo Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Nolan Jimbo United States
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Karen Tengan Okuda: Exploring and Expressing Her Uchinānchu / Okinawan Identity
As a second-generation Uchinānchu (Okinawan immigrant), Karen Tengan Okuda lives and works on the u…

Karen Kawaguchi • Oct. 17, 2022

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Australia Australians generations human geography identity Japanese diaspora Karen Tengan Okuda languages magazines Nisei Okinawans Sydney Uchinanchu
Australia Australians generations human geography identity Japanese diaspora Karen Tengan Okuda languages magazines Nisei Okinawans Sydney Uchinanchu
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A Day at the Racetrack: Kenneth Rexroth’s Support for Japanese Americans During World War II
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) is, in many ways, California’s poet. Although born in Indiana a…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Aug. 28, 2022

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California Kenneth Rexroth literature poetry poets Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States World War II World War II camps
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‘Brilliant’ Work Relies on Oral Histories of Japanese American Hibakusha
In 1974, Betty Mitson and I co-edited a modest and virtually self-published and crudely fabricated …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 17, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors book reviews hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kyushu life interviews Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture Naoko Wake oral histories reviews
atomic bomb survivors book reviews hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kyushu life interviews Nagasaki (city) Nagasaki Prefecture Naoko Wake oral histories reviews
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Sansei Granddaughters’ Journey Exhibit at Tanforan Detention Center Site
In 2018, five Sansei women artists traveled to Manzanar’s annual pilgrimage in order to honor…

Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 4, 2022

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California exhibitions imprisonment incarceration Lucien Kubo Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States World War II camps
California exhibitions imprisonment incarceration Lucien Kubo Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States World War II camps
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Japanese migration to Salta, Argentina - Part 1
The migration was a massive migratory movement of Japanese to countries such as the United States, …

Sofía Desiré Garzón • Aug. 3, 2022

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Argentina human geography Japanese diaspora migration Salta
Argentina human geography Japanese diaspora migration Salta
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 4): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—“Honorary Japanese Consul” George Fabyan in Geneva, IL
Read Chapter 1 (Part 3) >> In the early 20th century, there was another “promin…

Takako Day • June 26, 2022

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agriculture gardening gardens Geneva George Fabyan honorary consuls Illinois Japanese gardens Taro Otsuka United States
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JANM Volunteer Reflects on Southern California Roots and World War II Experiences
Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi has been volunteering at the Japanese American National Museum (JAN…

Helen Yoshida • May 30, 2022

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Amache concentration camp Barbara Keimi Boyle Heights British Columbia Burnaby California Canada Colorado concentration camps heritage Huntington Beach Los Angeles Merced temporary detention center Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre postwar resettlements Southern California temporary detention centers Tujunga Tule Lake concentration camp Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States volunteerism World War II World War II camps
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Kunimitsu Nagatori, who moved to the U.S. in 1960 and has been running a farm in Oxnard since 1965, runs Nagatori Farms.
Returned to the U.S. after a short period of agricultural labor So far, we have interviewed the ow…

Keiko Fukuda • April 13, 2022

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agricultural laborers California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Nagatoshi Farm Oxnard postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Cole Kawana: JANM and the Power of Artificial Intelligence
“A snapshot of human memory.”  That’s what 23-year-old Cole Kawana likes …

Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 24, 2022

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Cole Kawana families generations Gosei Japanese Americans Lawson Iichiro Sakai life interviews oral histories StoryFile, Inc (firm)
Cole Kawana families generations Gosei Japanese Americans Lawson Iichiro Sakai life interviews oral histories StoryFile, Inc (firm)
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