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With Japan’s era of isolation ending with the Tokugawa Shogunate in the late 1800’s, it…

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • Oct. 22, 2008

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Of Goodbyes and Invisibilities

What do you hate most about this world? Posed this question, you are undoubtedly thinking of force…

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • Oct. 22, 2008

The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

Children returning or arriving from Japan: Challenges and proposals

Within the context of international migrations and specifically within the dekasegi migratory movem…

Kyoko Yanagida Nakagawa • Oct. 21, 2008

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Journal Entry # 24Frames/Second: "Old School 'Toons, Part II..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 19, 2008

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Far East Café Reunion – Memories and Nostalgia - Part 1 of 2

Michael, my brother, and I hosted the “Far East Café Reunion – Memories and Nost…

Raymond Douglas Chong • Oct. 17, 2008

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家庭料理を超えた沖縄料理専門店がLA郊外で繁盛中

2008年初夏、ロサンゼルス郊外のトーランスに沖縄料理の店が開店した。店名を「沖縄居酒屋・SHIN」と言う。開店前から、「いよいよ本格的な沖縄料理専門のレストランができるらしい」と、在ロサンゼルス…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 16, 2008

Discover Nikkei in Brazil - Celebrating the Centennial of Japanese Immigration

2008 marks the centennial of Japanese immigration to Brazil. On June 18, 1908, 793 people aboard th…

Bobby Okinaka • Oct. 16, 2008

When Justice is Late and Never Arrives: Memories of Abuse

During World War II, the Japanese residing in Peru were victims of numerous forms of abuse. The wor…

Daniel Goya Callirgos +1 • Oct. 14, 2008

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Journal Entry # 008: "Old School 'Toons, Part I..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 12, 2008

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Chapter Two—Eat Your Brussel Sprouts

>> Chapter one“You actually don’t look too bad, considering,” says Ginnie a…

Naomi Hirahara • Oct. 10, 2008

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A Short History of Japanese Latin American Internment and the Fight for Full Redress