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Narratives of Resilience and Resistance—Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung on The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration — Part 2
Read Part 1  Jonathan van Harmelen (JVH): One thing I noticed about the government edict…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 8, 2024

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anthologies California concentration camps Frank Abe Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group) Japanese American literature literature magazines Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan Tessaku (magazine) Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps
anthologies California concentration camps Frank Abe Hoshi Dan (pro-Japan group) Japanese American literature literature magazines Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan Tessaku (magazine) Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States World War II camps
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Narratives of Resilience and Resistance—Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung on The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration — Part 1
In May 2024, Penguin Classics published The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration. Edited…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 7, 2024

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anthologies book reviews concentration camps Frank Abe Japanese American literature literature reviews World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Excerpt from My Name is Not Viola
This story follows main character Hanae Tamura, circa late 1930s. After Washington Junior Hig…

Lawrence Matsuda • Oct. 6, 2024

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Discover Nikkei group identity My Name is Not Viola (book) names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series)
Discover Nikkei group identity My Name is Not Viola (book) names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series)
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How Little Tokyo and Nisei Week Began
Our ancestors came from Japan, the land of the rising sun. By blood, we are Japanese, and our cultu…

Yukio Kawaratani • Oct. 5, 2024

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Alien Land Law of 1913 (Calif.) alien land laws California festivals Japanese Americans land tenure law Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) Nisei Week Grand Parade (event) parades United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #The 10th Month: "Spooky Time!..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 5, 2024

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Changing Tides: Vanguards of Mental Health Awareness in the Asian American Community
On Saturday, October 12, the Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual mental health c…

Ashley Valdes • Oct. 4, 2024

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California Changing Tides (organization) conferences Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Service Center Los Angeles mental health United States
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 24: TSE Company Contributes to Industrial Development and Decarbonization Promotion
In the 24th installment of this series, we spoke with Hideo Sato (49), president of TS Participa&…

Tomoko Oura • Oct. 3, 2024

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Brazil clean energy Japanese business enterprises natural resources power resources
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Kimi (kee-mee) Ishikawa
I have learned to write my name on name tags and doctor forms as “Kimi (kee-mee) Ishikawa.&rd…

Kimi Laurel Ishikawa • Oct. 2, 2024

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Discover Nikkei Midwest Region (U.S.) names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) United States
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Much Mahalos
Totally Pawsome: Aiko Wan’s Dresses Showcase Her Passion for Dogs, Art, and MATH?!!
As one child Aiko Wan, 39, loved math. She remembahs in six grade she won one district math competi…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 1, 2024

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artists design dogs fashion Hawai'i pets Pidgin United States
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Illuminating Nikkei Women Artists’ Work and Their Connections
In 2017, ShiPu Wang, the Coats Endowed Chair in the Arts and professor of art history at the Univer…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Sept. 30, 2024

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artists Hisako Hibi Miki Hayakawa Miné Okubo Pictures of Belonging (book)
artists Hisako Hibi Miki Hayakawa Miné Okubo Pictures of Belonging (book)
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Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
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Episode 17
November 12
5pm PDT | 7pm PET
Featured Nima:
Graciela Nakachi
Guest Host:
Enrique Higa

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