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Part 50: Athletes and Japanese-Americans

A difficult choice of nationality Regarding the Paris Olympics, the Japanese media has been report…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 9, 2024

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Part 49 Japanese Nationals, Japanese People, and Nikkei

What is a Japanese person? In the previous column, I considered this question through the discussio…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 26, 2024

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Part 48: What is Japaneseness?

Is it nationality or lineage that's the issue? With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, t…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 12, 2024

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Suma Sugi Yokotake – The Woman Who Became The First Japanese American Lobbyist - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Upon her return to Los Angeles, the Los Angeles JACL and the Rafu Shimpo feted Sugi…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 8, 2024

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Suma Sugi Yokotake – The Woman Who Became The First Japanese American Lobbyist - Part 1

One of the greatest accomplishments of the Japanese American Citizens League has been its success i…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 7, 2024

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The Man Who Was Yonekawa: Part I—From Quebec to Japan

During the early years of the 20th century, Japanese immigrants to the West Coast of Canada, like t…

Greg Robinson • Jan. 2, 2024

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Chapter 13 (Part 1)—Nisei Dual Citizenship and Marriage Issues

In the last chapter, I discussed Japanese language schools. This chapter features the issues of dua…

Ikuo Shinmasu • June 11, 2023

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No. 28: The Identity of Japanese Nationality

Japanese people remaining in the Philippines file lawsuit What is the definition of "Japanese-Ameri…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 12, 2023

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Of Inomatas and Kingis: The Story of a Remarkable Family

If ever there was an award offered for the most remarkable Japanese American family saga, one for…

Greg Robinson • March 30, 2023

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Tokita Tales

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Mom became quite a businesswoman after Papa passed away in October 1948 after a ten-month illness c…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Feb. 22, 2023

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