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No. 61: John Manjiro's descendants speak out

An extraordinary life story and achievements While there are many immigrants and migrants who trav…

Ryusuke Kawai • April 25, 2025

California friendship international relations interpersonal relations Japan Kochi Prefecture Manjiro Nakahama Massachusetts migration Okinawa Prefecture Shikoku United States U.S.-Japan relations

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Final Chapter (Part 2)—Seattle Nikkei Immigrants’ Contribution to the US-Japan Relations

Read Final Chapter (Part 1) US view on Japan “Current situation of Japanese Americans Viewed fr…

Ikuo Shinmasu • April 15, 2025

communities generations immigrants immigration international relations Issei Japan migration Seattle United States U.S.-Japan relations Washington

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Final Chapter (Part 1)—Seattle Nikkei Immigrants’ Contribution to US-Japan Relations

In the previous chapter, I discussed the achievements of Heiji Okuda and Chuzaburo Ito. In this fin…

Ikuo Shinmasu • April 14, 2025

communities generations immigrants immigration international relations Issei Japan migration Seattle United States U.S.-Japan relations Washington

The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 7 (2): Shiro Tashiro—Groundbreaking Biologist

Read Part 1 Throughout the prewar years, Dr. Shiro Tashiro ranked among the most renowned Americ…

Greg Robinson • July 25, 2024

authors Cincinnati generations immigrants immigration international relations Issei Japan migration Ohio Shiro Tashiro United States U.S.-Japan relations World War II

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

1930s governments international relations journalism Ken Nakazawa politics

Megumi Mizutani, who connects the sister city relationship between California and Japan

Japanese people who "don't know about Japan" In October 2023, when I participated in a workshop or…

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 5, 2024

California California-Japan Sister Cities Network (organization) culture international relations Japan Japanese culture Kyushu Megumi Mizutani Saga Prefecture Sebastopol sister cities Takeo (city) United States U.S.-Japan relations

Sugihara – An Honest to Goodness Japanese Hero

I think we apply the word “hero” all too loosely, to many who may not deserve such a label. But hav…

Bill Watanabe • Jan. 26, 2024

Chiune Sugihara diplomacy international relations Japan Jews Lithuania righteous gentiles in the Holocaust

Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 4—Globalization

The University of Tokyo was the second school where I taught as a visiting lecturer. Known as “To…

Lon Kurashige • July 28, 2023

gender inequality globalization international relations Japan lecturers Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture universities University of Tokyo

125 Years after the First Japanese Immigration to Mexico: The Soul of Relations between Mexico and Japan - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> From the End of World War II to the Founding of the Japanese-Mexican School in 197…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Oct. 6, 2022

anniversaries artists communities international relations Japan Japan-Mexico relations Mexico

Connecting Japan and the United States - Irene Hirano Inouye, U.S.-Japan Council President

“It will be too late if I don’t start now” Irene Hirano Inouye was the President and CEO of the …

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 19, 2020

international relations Irene Hirano Inouye U.S.-Japan Council U.S.-Japan relations

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