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Carly Gutzmann (14) and Michelle Reed (14) are friends who live in Minnesota. In the fall of 2006, they decided to make a documentary for …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, how to be a part of the model minority. Check …
I call this hauntingly provocative photograph from my Issei grandmother, Owai Okamura’s photograph album “Amache Night.” This is the only night scene of a War …
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September 7, 2007 marked the 100th anniversary of the “Anti-Oriental Riot” that took place in Vancouver. Hundreds of white Canadians, many of them recent immigrants …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, please aim with care. Check back every weekend for subsequent …
identity en ja es pt
Like returning home after a long journey, stepping onto the tatami at the dojo is one of the most relaxing moments I look forward to …
My name is Frank Endo, age 81, and I reside in Gardena, California. I was born in Wilmington, California, on April 20, 1923. I had …
education en pt
In the last ten years, I’ve been surveying classes, rehearsals, and presentations of musical clubs belonging to the Associação Okinawa do Brasil (Okinawa Association of …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, get ready kids, it's time for summer camp! Check back …
culture en ja
Discovering a new world by diving into materialsIt was 1980 when Haruko Takeichi, an interior designer at a designing studio run by her husband in …
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