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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Miss America
The U.S. Social Security Administration lists Linda as the fourth most popular name for a girl in t…
Linda Cooper • Oct. 20, 2024
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Kin was Much More than Kind: The Japanese Student Who Transformed Maryville
Kin Takahashi, a Japanese student at Maryville College in Eastern Tennessee at the turn of the 20…
Greg Robinson • Nov. 30, 2020
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Fluent in Jazz—DJ Yuki Maguire celebrates music that crosses borders
“Hello. Konnichiwa. Bon Jour. Ni Hao. Gutentag. Buenas Dias. Welcome to Yuki Maguire’s Internationa…
Bruce Rutledge • Nov. 5, 2019
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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture
Yokoso Y’all
Thirty years ago, much to my delight, two events occurred which served to encapsulate my bicultural…
Linda Cooper • Aug. 17, 2016
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Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II
The Shigenaga Brothers’ Detention on Angel Island and the Continent During World War II
Kakuro’s life in Hawai`i and arrest
Kakuro Shigenaga was born in the Hibagun district of Hiroshi…
Grant Din • Nov. 10, 2015
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Angel Island (Calif.)
California
Camp Forest
Camp Livingston
Camp McCoy internment camp
concentration camps
Department of Justice camps
enemy aliens
Fort Missoula internment camp
generations
Hawai'i
Hiroshima (city)
Hiroshima Prefecture
immigrants
immigration
Issei
Japan
Louisiana
Maui
medals
migration
Montana
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Santa Fe internment camp
Shigeo Shigenaga
Tennessee
United States
U.S. Army internment camps
Wisconsin
World War II
World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race
The Space Between
My best friend Brenda noted recently that we and our parents are a dying generation. We are the dau…
Linda Cooper • Sept. 27, 2013
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