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Grappling

I recently had the great privilege of being hosted as a George A. Miller Visiting Artist at the Uni…

Jason Finkelman +1 • Oct. 17, 2024

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Reflecting on the short film Whole and mixed Japanese identities

On Friday 18 November 2022, Dr Timothy Kazuo Steains and I held a film screening of the short fil…

Aoife Wilkinson • July 2, 2023

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Appreciating Wat Misaka

Appropriately, as the National Basketball Association (NBA) celebrates its 75th anniversary, it inc…

Chris Komai • Feb. 7, 2022

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Different Perspective: A Nikkeijin's Questions on Humanity's Responses to Economic Uncertainty

Is ignorance really bliss? What does it mean when people say, “I can’t wait for things to go back t…

Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels • March 25, 2021

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I Matter: A Personal Reflection

On the news the other day, an interviewer was asking people on the street this question: “When did …

Carolee Okamoto • Dec. 10, 2020

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What is it to be a Black Japanese American? What should I tell you? What should you know?

Every story has a point, a narrative, and a conclusion, but when I sat down to write this I couldn’…

Mariko Fujimoto Rooks • Sept. 3, 2020

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #100% Human: "What are you?..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 16, 2019

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Counteracting 'Invisibility' Within the JA Community

This substantial volume is co-edited by two distinguished Nikkei practitioners of Japanese Americ…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Oct. 16, 2019

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #100% Goofball: "Love Me for What I Am..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 17, 2019

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Suspicious Points of Contact in Pre-War Chicago

Eizo Yanagi - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Returning to our questions about Eizo Yanagi, what kind of contacts did he actually…

Takako Day • March 28, 2019

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