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Juliana Kiyosen Nakayama and Japanese-Brazilian Identity

Juliana Kiyosen Nakayama holds a PhD in Language Studies (State University of Londrina), a master’s…

Ellen Sayuri Okido Matsumoto • Feb. 21, 2025

Brazil education Japanese Brazilians Japanese language schools language schools lawyers life interviews Londrina Nipo-Brazilian oral histories Paraná (Brazil) teachers teaching

On Nikkei

Part 57 (1) Pursuing a world where cultures intersect

Since her experience studying abroad in the United States in the 1970s, Nobuko Awaya has been con…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 14, 2025

artists education educational exchanges exchange students international education Japanese Americans Seattle student exchange programs students teachers teaching United States Washington World War II camps

Much Mahalos

Roy Sakuma and Divine Intervention: Da Kine Story of Hawai‘i’s Legendary ‘Ukulele Mentor

In Hawai‘i his name stay synonymous with da ‘ukulele. At 78 and still going strong, Roy Sakuma over…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Feb. 3, 2025

education Hawai'i Honolulu Kapiolani Park Lee Tonouchi musical instruments music teachers Oahu teachers teaching ukulele United States

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

The Perks and Pitfalls of a One-of-a-Kind Name

My name is Junko Ruby Ruiz. At birth, I was named Junko Ruby Ihrke. “Junko” reflects my mother’s J…

Junko Ruiz • Aug. 26, 2024

Discover Nikkei education hapa identity names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) racially mixed people teachers teaching

Canadian Nikkei Series

Art Miki Talks About New Memoir Gaman—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Ibuki: How should our historical experience as Japanese Canadians be remembered by …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 4, 2024

Art Miki education Japanese Canadians National Association of Japanese Canadians redress movement teachers teaching

Canadian Nikkei Series

Art Miki Talks About New Memoir Gaman—Part 1

As I flip through the pages of Justice In Our Time (Talonbooks, 1991) by Roy Miki and Cassandra Kob…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 3, 2024

Art Miki education Japanese Canadians National Association of Japanese Canadians redress movement teachers teaching

The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 5: Nao Tashiro—Issei Woman Teacher and Witness

I have embarked on a series of columns on the prolific and talented Tashiro family. I have already …

Greg Robinson • April 5, 2024

Christianity Christians Connecticut education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Nao Tashiro Seattle teachers teaching United States Washington

Juana Miyashiro: sensei and entrepreneur

His first student was his mother, an Okinawan immigrant. When she was a high school student, Juana …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 1, 2024

Chacra Cerro School education identity Juana Miyashiro Okinawans teachers teaching Uchinanchu

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

California citizenship discrimination education interpersonal relations Japanese American Citizens League lobbying Los Angeles teachers teaching United States

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