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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan
Chapter 4—Memories of Their Parents’ Lives in Japan
Read Chapter 3 Memories of Their Mother May After being joined by John and the girls in Kyoto, Ma…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 23, 2025

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.)
Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.)
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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan
Chapter 3—The Sisters’ Childhood in Japan After Basil’s Return to Canada
Read Chapter 2 Basil’s Return to Canada Perhaps because he was several years older than the girls…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 16, 2025

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British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy identity Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.) Vernon Wakayama Prefecture
British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy identity Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.) Vernon Wakayama Prefecture
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 5—Sisters’ Memories of Readjustment to Canada
Read Chapter 4 Having spent 10 years in postwar Japan and adjusting to life and the culture there,…

Stan Kirk • Jan. 5, 2025

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British Columbia Canada families Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians repatriation Vancouver (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada families Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians repatriation Vancouver (B.C.)
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 4—Return to Canada
Read Chapter 3 The return of the various members (except Tadasu) of the Eto family to Canada seems…

Stan Kirk • Dec. 29, 2024

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British Columbia Canada Japan Japanese Canadians Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu reparations Vancouver (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada Japan Japanese Canadians Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu reparations Vancouver (B.C.)
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 1—Family Roots, Life in Canada Before Exile
Family Roots: Kumamoto, Kyushu Sunao Eto, the Eto family’s father, was born on March 15, 1886, to …

Stan Kirk • Dec. 8, 2024

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Angler (Ontario) Bay Farm camp British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps Japan Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu Ontario Petawawa repatriation Slocan Extension internment camps Vancouver (B.C.) World War II camps
Angler (Ontario) Bay Farm camp British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps Japan Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu Ontario Petawawa repatriation Slocan Extension internment camps Vancouver (B.C.) World War II camps
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 5—Struggle to Adjust
Read Chapter 4 >> In stark contrast to Shig, who had previously lived in Canada till age nine and …

Stan Kirk • Feb. 18, 2024

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barbering British Columbia Canada exiles families family histories genealogy generations Japanese Canadians Kika Nisei schools Vancouver (B.C.)
barbering British Columbia Canada exiles families family histories genealogy generations Japanese Canadians Kika Nisei schools Vancouver (B.C.)
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Book Review—White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver
“Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise yet again, especially since 2020 with the COVID-19 pande…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 29, 2024

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Asian Canadians book reviews British Columbia Canada Canadians Henry Tsang history racism reviews tours Vancouver (B.C.) Vancouver riots walking tours White Riot (book)
Asian Canadians book reviews British Columbia Canada Canadians Henry Tsang history racism reviews tours Vancouver (B.C.) Vancouver riots walking tours White Riot (book)
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Interview with Emi Sasagawa, Author of Atomweight
Emi Sasagawa is an award-winning Brazilian-Japanese journalist living in Vancouver. Her work has be…

John Endo Greenaway • May 10, 2023

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authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
authors British Columbia Canada Emi Sasagawa families fiction hapa identity Japanese Brazilians journalism journalists LGBTQ+ novels people racially mixed people Vancouver (B.C.) writers
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Finding Forgiveness: Director Stafford Arima on Bringing the Award-Winning Memoir to the Stage
CALGARY — When author Mark Sakamoto’s memoir, Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents, won CBC’s C…

Kelly Fleck • March 21, 2023

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Alberta Arts Club Theatre Company biographies British Columbia Canada Cindy Mochizuki Forgiveness (book) Forgiveness (play) Hiro Kanagawa Japanese Canadians Mark Sakamoto memoirs prisoners prisoners of war Theatre Calgary Vancouver (B.C.) World War II
Alberta Arts Club Theatre Company biographies British Columbia Canada Cindy Mochizuki Forgiveness (book) Forgiveness (play) Hiro Kanagawa Japanese Canadians Mark Sakamoto memoirs prisoners prisoners of war Theatre Calgary Vancouver (B.C.) World War II
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Japanese Time ~History of Japanese Radio Broadcasting~ {Vancouver, Prewar Edition}
4. Other Programs
The final episode will introduce other Japanese language broadcasts and music programs featuring se…

Tetsuya Hirahara • March 13, 2023

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British Columbia Canada Japanese radio programs Nihon Jikan (book) prewar Vancouver (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada Japanese radio programs Nihon Jikan (book) prewar Vancouver (B.C.)
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