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The Journey of the Family of the Western River—Part 2: The Creation of the Japanese Peanut (1945-1975)
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In the first part of this article, we explored the context of Japanese migration to Me…
Ana Karina Martínez Lorenzo • April 22, 2025
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The Journey of the Family of the Western River—Part 1: A Look into the Life of the Nishikawa Family (1921–1945)
Immigration to Mexico has been a constant phenomenon throughout its history, driven by various wave…
Ana Karina Martínez Lorenzo • April 21, 2025
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Yurei : the ghosts of Japanese immigration to Mexico
Yurei ( Ghosts ) is memory, silences, nostalgia and secrets. The documentary directed by Mexican …
Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 18, 2025
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María Elena Ota Mishima: from forced concentration to El Colegio de México
María Elena Ota Mishima was the most important scholar of Japanese immigration in Mexico. His book …
Sergio Hernández Galindo • May 5, 2023
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Michie Hiramuro, Jorge Ito and Ernesto Matsumoto: Japanese-Mexicans who suffered the war in Japan
On September 2, 1945, the Pacific War officially came to an end. Aboard the battleship USS Missouri…
Sergio Hernández Galindo • Sept. 30, 2020
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Japanese Mexicans — Our Little-Known Relatives ‘South of the Border’
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center held a book talk by Selfa A. Chew on her publication, Uprootin…
Mary Uyematsu Kao • May 25, 2018
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José Taro Zorrilla Takeda: A Nikkei Architect on a Quest to Build Social Landscapes
José Taro Zorrilla Takeda is a young Japanese-Mexican artist and architect who was educated at pres…
Sergio Hernández Galindo • Oct. 16, 2017
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Book Review: Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945 by Jerry García
At the heart of Jerry García’s book is an analysis of the experience of Japanese Mexicans during Wo…
Yuichiro Onishi • Feb. 3, 2015
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