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Part 8: Kiyo Tashiro—Physician and Athlete

This is the latest installment of my series on the remarkable Tashiro family. In my next columns,…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 28, 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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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 18 (Part 2) — The Rise of Judo among Nisei

Read Chapter 18 (Part 1) >> Jim Yoshida’s Judo The book, The Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida, discusses…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 24, 2024

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 18 (Part 1) — The Rise of Judo among Nisei

In my previous chapter, I reported on the Nisei women's tour of Japan. In this chapter, I would lik…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 23, 2024

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Tokita Tales

Papa Was a Samurai Warrior!

What’s this about your papa being a samurai warrior? Your dad was a samurai? Whatever gave you that…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Nov. 7, 2023

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Experience Okinawa!

Many Hawai‘i Uchinānchu (Okinawan persons) have visited their ancestral homeland, but relatively fe…

Colin Y. Sewake • May 23, 2023

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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants

Toshiyuki Seino - Part 7: His days at JAL and induction into the Judo Hall of Fame

Read Part 6 >> Working at an airport often meant no weekends. Then in 1966, their son was born, and…

Masako Miki • April 18, 2022

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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants

Toshiyuki Seino - Part 6: Discharge, employment, marriage

Read Part 5 >> Although judo took up the majority of Toshiyuki's life during this time, it was not …

Masako Miki • April 11, 2022

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People on the Move: Postwar Return to America and Postwar Japanese Immigrants

Toshiyuki Seino - Part 5: Joining the U.S. Air Force

Read Part 4 >> Before we look at what happened to Toshiyuki after 1959, let's first trace the story…

Masako Miki • April 4, 2022

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