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His first student was his mother, an Okinawan immigrant. When she was a high school student, Juana …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 1, 2024

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Hiroshi Kawaguchi, a former Self-Defense Forces officer working to popularize physical education in America

I can't protect Japan if I stay in Japan - In 2011, I left the Self-Defense Forces and voluntee…

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 19, 2024

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Japanese in Chicago before the war

Umeko and Fudeko's Chicago

It is no exaggeration to say that every Japanese person knows about Umeko Tsuda, the Japanese women…

Takako Day • Feb. 7, 2024

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Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi—Heads or Tails?

Writer’s note: Back in 2014 when I worked at University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, …

Lois Kajiwara • Nov. 28, 2023

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Death of Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices aimed at promoting diversity and equal opport…

Drew Yamamura • Aug. 6, 2023

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 14 (Part 1)–Nisei and Their College Education

In the last chapter, I wrote about the problem of Nisei’s dual citizenship and their marriage…

Ikuo Shinmasu • July 6, 2023

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María Elena Ota Mishima: from forced concentration to El Colegio de México

María Elena Ota Mishima was the most important scholar of Japanese immigration in Mexico. His book …

Sergio Hernández Galindo • May 5, 2023

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 12 (Part 2): Nisei Education in Japanese Schools

Read Chapter 12 (Part 1) >> PROBLEMS OF TEXTBOOKS One of the North American Times1 articles…

Ikuo Shinmasu • April 27, 2023

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 12 (Part 1): Nisei Education in Japanese Schools

Many Nisei were born as a result of picture marriages, which I wrote about in the last chapter of t…

Ikuo Shinmasu • April 26, 2023

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In memory of Ameilia Morimoto

December 2022. When the year was about to end, we lost a great social scientist. Her name was Ame…

Giovanni Bonfiglio • March 15, 2023

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Juana Miyashiro: sensei and entrepreneur

Hiroshi Kawaguchi, a former Self-Defense Forces officer working to popularize physical education in America

Umeko and Fudeko's Chicago

Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi—Heads or Tails?

Death of Affirmative Action

Chapter 14 (Part 1)–Nisei and Their College Education

María Elena Ota Mishima: from forced concentration to El Colegio de México

Chapter 12 (Part 2): Nisei Education in Japanese Schools

Chapter 12 (Part 1): Nisei Education in Japanese Schools

In memory of Ameilia Morimoto