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The identities of a Nikkei

I was born in the interior of the state of São Paulo, 600 km to the northwest, in the backlands of …

Norma Chie Wakizaka • Nov. 26, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

Looking Back—A Sansei Reflects on Names and Identity

It seems weird to me, now, but I never asked them. I never asked my parents why they chose, from th…

Tamio Spiegel • Nov. 25, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

Grandparents’ Wishes

My name is Gustavo. It’s the Spanish name that my Nisei parents gave me, but my Issei grandparents …

Gustavo Miyamoto • Nov. 22, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

Between motorcycles, virtues and forests

My name is Jhonny Zenjy Kobayashi. Within me, there is a mix that reflects the cultures that shaped…

Jhonny Zenjy Kobayashi • Nov. 18, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

The Legacy of Names

When my first grandchild was born a year ago, I didn’t know that our daughter and her husband were …

Alice Aiko Weiner • Nov. 11, 2024

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Meet Emilee Fragapane: Sports Analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Emilee Fragapane, a third-generation Japanese American, was an undergraduate Economics student at S…

Sharleen Higa • Oct. 23, 2024

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Much Mahalos

Storytelling Sensation Kathy Collins—How one “short Japanese girl” could still do acting

Growing up in rural upcountry Maui, Kathy Collins [maiden name Yogi], 67, always had one fascinatio…

Lee A. Tonouchi • June 6, 2024

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David Yamahata: From Studying Dentistry to Being the First Japanese American Fire Captain

In the eyes of many Nisei parents, being “successful” in life meant their Sansei children had to …

Soji Kashiwagi • May 27, 2024

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Andrew Masaru Sato: Discovering Roots through Aikido—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> From the 1960s through the 1990s, the Lakeview neighborhood was colloquially known …

Erik Matsunaga • May 2, 2024

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Andrew Masaru Sato: Discovering Roots through Aikido—Part 1

Though not, perhaps, in the way one might think given his martial arts bonafides, in 1950 Chicago n…

Erik Matsunaga • May 1, 2024

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