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Part IV—After Pearl Harbor

Read Part 3 >> Ken Nakazawa was arrested by FBI agents on December 7, 1941, in the wake of Japan…

Greg Robinson • June 2, 2024

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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered

Part III—the 1930s

Read Part II >> Ken Nakazawa would have defined himself as an internationalist. Throughout his ca…

Greg Robinson • May 26, 2024

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Catching Up with Journalist and Author Gene Oishi about In Search of Hiroshi, a Groundbreaking Memoir in Its Exploration in the Psychological Analysis of Nisei Identity

An outstanding and innovative Nisei writer, Gene Oishi, has movingly portrayed the trauma of the wa…

Jonathan van Harmelen • May 17, 2024

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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered

Part I—The Early Years

Prominent among the few Issei to be accepted in mainstream American culture in the years before Wor…

Greg Robinson • May 12, 2024

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Growing up with the Nikkei community

Medical technologist Pedro Ruiz's relationship with the Nikkei community began in 1980, when he wa…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Jan. 10, 2024

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 3: Aiko Tashiro—Writer, Musician, and Activist

Among the five accomplished children of Aijiro Tashiro, daughter Aiko was perhaps the one who had t…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 11, 2023

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Gwen Muranaka’s Drawing by Heart: Cartoons to Spark Conversation and Creativity

Gwen Muranaka is one of those rare individuals who is doing exactly the job they dreamed of as a ki…

Amelia Ino • Nov. 10, 2023

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 2: Ken Tashiro—Journalist

Read Part 1 >> Aijiro and Nao Tashiro had five children who had distinctive (and distinct) careers…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 20, 2023

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

For Kyra Karatsu—Writing is a Foregone Conclusion

Where does talent come from? Is it inherited or learned? Nature or nurture? According to the BBC’s …

Esther Newman • Aug. 18, 2023

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Ernest Meyer: A Progressive Voice in Defense of Japanese Americans

In the period following the outbreak of the Pacific War, newspapers played a leading role in foment…

Greg Robinson • June 26, 2023

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