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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Pie Chart of Procrastination (YouTube Edition; Updated, Jan-March 2023)” Check …
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I experienced an early defining moment when I was a young twenty something reporter at The Rafu Shimpo in 1986. Before that, I had lived a relatively …
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El caso del diseñador gráfico Masaki Gaja es inusual. Ha vivido la experiencia de Japón en dos etapas: la primera, como niño e hijo de …
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Read Part 1 >> A visit in 1960 by then Army Master Sgt. Wilbert “Sandy” Holck (442nd’s Cannon Company), as an international gesture of goodwill, …
In October 1944, soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team liberated the French villages of Bruyères, Belmont and Biffontaine just 20 months after the regiment …
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CALGARY — When author Mark Sakamoto’s memoir, Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents, won CBC’s Canada Reads competition in 2018, its themes of resilience and …
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When “unconditional loyalty” goes wrong... Over the years of putting together the pieces of my family’s history, I was eager to find out the circumstances …
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わたしがまだ小さい頃、「ラウラのおばあちゃんは遠くに住んでいるのよ」と、母は写真を見せてくれながら、おばあちゃんのことを話してくれました。そして、1…
Dear Japanese American Community, If I don’t already know you, I hope to meet you someday — in the Seattle Chinatown-International District (CID) at a …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Rings I'd Like to Own (assuming they aren't cursed, of …
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Episode 12 April 11 at 4 p.m. (HST) | 7 p.m. (PDT) Featured Nima: Kristen Nemoto Jay Guest Host: Shari Y. Tamashiro
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