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The Nikkei community of Cuba

In Cuba there is a long history of descendants of Japanese citizens, and this places them within th…

Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • Dec. 6, 2024

Cuba immigration immigration law imprisonment incarceration Japanese Cubans World War II

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

My Name is Kenichi Fujishiro

At the beginning of the 20th century, Santiago de Cuba, a city located in the southeastern part of …

Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • Oct. 27, 2024

Cuba Discover Nikkei Japanese Cubans names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) racially mixed people Santiago (Cuba)

Finding Joy in Cuba

It’s hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged. It’s a place that has with…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 11, 2024

Cuba governments justice law politics Sharon Yamato travel United States

Julieta Fonte Iha, a Cuban Nikkei

Modernity shortens distances, information is just a click away, we can strengthen bonds of friendsh…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • July 4, 2022

Cuba Japan musical instruments Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Peruvians shamisen Uchinanchu

Foujita Discovers the Americas: An Artist's Tour - Part 1

The name of Léonard Foujita (AKA Tsuguharu Foujita) has lost much of its luster today. However, i…

Greg Robinson +1 • Jan. 7, 2021

Argentina artists Bolivia Brazil Cuba France Léonard Foujita Peru São Paulo

A look at Japanese migration to Cuba: 1898-1958 - Part 2

Read part 1 >> From very early times, the Japanese organized themselves in associations 1 , in gene…

Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • Aug. 7, 2020

Cuba

A look at Japanese migration to Cuba: 1898-1958 - Part 1

Introduction Studying the characteristics of the Japanese migratory process to Cuba in the first …

Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • Aug. 6, 2020

Cuba migration

The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

Reflections on the 2018 Survey on the Realities of the Next Generation of Japanese Descendants in Latin America: Part 3 - Cuba

Part 2: Argentina >> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau al…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • July 17, 2020

communities Cuba Nikkei communities

Memories of my grandfather Kenichi Fujishiro

My grandfather Kenichi Fujishiro, a Japanese who arrived in Cuba more than a hundred years ago and…

Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • June 1, 2020

Chiba Prefecture confectioneries Cuba families immigrants immigration Japan Kenichi Fujishiro migration pioneers Santiago (Cuba)

Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

The Japan Inside Me

It was the most anticipated time of the year--summer vacation--and she was happy she didn’t have to…

Akemi Figueredo Imamura • Oct. 16, 2018

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