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What is it to be Nikkei?

My name is Gaby Kutzuma Sameshima, I was born in Huancayo, Peru, from the first and last name you w…

Gaby Kutzuma Sameshima • Nov. 8, 2023

aesthetics generations Huancayo Japanese language languages metaphysics Peru psychology Sansei theory of knowledge values

Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage

Arigatai!!!

Hiro-chan, asagohan yo! – that’s how my mother would call me for breakfast, as I promptly got up wi…

Edna Hiromi Ogihara Cardoso • Nov. 7, 2023

aesthetics Alta Paulista Brazil customs (social) families metaphysics Osvaldo Cruz psychology São Paulo theory of knowledge values

Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage

Tea ceremony: When everyday life becomes art

Every time I look at Japan, something always surprises me, from the aesthetic shape of its geograph…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Nov. 1, 2023

aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values

Tokita Tales

Japanese Family Protocols

Have you ever had a discussion about your family protocols with your father, mother, or both? In th…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Aug. 29, 2023

aesthetics families fathers metaphysics psychology theory of knowledge values

Sansei Fear of Failure

Years ago, a management headhunter called me about a job opening at a small but prestigious journal…

Alden M. Hayashi • July 17, 2023

aesthetics generations metaphysics model minority psychology Sansei stereotypes theory of knowledge University of Southern California values

Notes on Hoarding

My mom tells me that when my oldest Nisei auntie died in 2016, there were so many boxes in the shed…

Tamiko Nimura • June 7, 2023

aesthetics metaphysics mottainai (phrase) psychology theory of knowledge values

Life Lessons of Mottainai

Like many Sansei, I heard the admonishment “mottainai” countless times in my childhood. The Japanes…

Alden M. Hayashi • April 21, 2023

aesthetics families generations learning metaphysics mottainai (phrase) Nisei psychology theory of knowledge values

Pacific Bridges' Innovative Approach to Financial Services

As a Japanese American Sansei who has trudged through every practical definition of senior citizens…

Chris Komai • March 14, 2023

aesthetics financial planning industry metaphysics Pacific Bridge Companies psychology theory of knowledge values

Passport Studio: The challenge of imagination

Many entrepreneurship stories begin like this: a group of friends gets together to start a project …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Oct. 25, 2022

advertising advertising agencies aesthetics Lima metaphysics Pasaporte Studio Peru psychology theory of knowledge values

Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito is the Creator of a Network that Connects Young Nikkei from All Over Brazil

On the paternal side, his great-grandfather’s parents came from the Hokkaido Prefecture and his gre…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Aug. 30, 2022

aesthetics Bragança Paulista Brazil Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito generations metaphysics psychology theory of knowledge traditions values Yonsei youth

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