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The Kai family: A Transnational Nisei Story - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> An intriguing pendant to the life of Yoshio Kai is the story of his sister Mi…

Greg Robinson • June 2, 2022

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Columbia University Library families Kai family Miwa Kai music New York (N.Y.) pianists prewar
Columbia University Library families Kai family Miwa Kai music New York (N.Y.) pianists prewar
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Renaissance Artist and “Mad Man” – The Life of Shugo Seno
The world of Japanese American visual artists is diverse. Most art historians focus on the notable …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2022

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artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing
artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing
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Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 1
Toge Fujihira (whose family name was sometimes reported as Fujihara) left the West Coast in the yea…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 27, 2021

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filmmakers generations New York (N.Y.) Nisei photographers photography Seattle Toge Fujihira United States Washington
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Kichi Harada: A Blossoming Life
Several scholars who have studied Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement have mentioned a J…

Matthieu Langlois • July 6, 2021

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culture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese culture Kichi Harada migration New York (N.Y.)
culture generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese culture Kichi Harada migration New York (N.Y.)
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Sometimes the Smaller Things Tell a Greater Story
A woman arrives at New York City after a long trip from Detroit. She writes to a distant friend abo…

Jonathan van Harmelen • May 19, 2020

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California concentration camps Detroit Michigan New York (N.Y.) postcards resettlements San Francisco Topaz concentration camp United States Utah war World War II camps
California concentration camps Detroit Michigan New York (N.Y.) postcards resettlements San Francisco Topaz concentration camp United States Utah war World War II camps
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Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York’s Japanese East Village - Part 1
The first time I interviewed Bon Yagi, the New York City businessman who has built an empire of 13 …

Nancy Matsumoto • Nov. 5, 2015

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Bon Yagi business Curry-Ya (restaurant) economics food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese food management migration New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Otafuku x Medetai (restaurant) postwar Rai Rai Ken (restaurant) restaurants Sakagura (restaurant) Shin-Issei United States World War II
Bon Yagi business Curry-Ya (restaurant) economics food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese food management migration New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Otafuku x Medetai (restaurant) postwar Rai Rai Ken (restaurant) restaurants Sakagura (restaurant) Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values
Round Trip: An American, In Japan During World War II, Comes Home
Masuo John (Matt) Koike was born in New York in 1935 to first-generation Japanese parents, Izumi an…

Michael Takeo Koike +1 • Oct. 2, 2015

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) armed forces Discover Nikkei generations Japan migration New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) Niko Niko Club Nisei postwar retired military personnel sports United States veterans World War II
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
Issei in New York, 1876 – 1941
The first Japanese immigrants to New York were quite different from their West Coast counterparts. …

Eiichiro Azuma • July 7, 2014

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communities community organizations generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japan America Society Japanese language newspapers Japantowns Jokichi Takamine migration Momotaro Sato newspapers New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Nichibei Jiho (newspaper) Nichibei Shuho (newspaper) Nippon Club (organization) Nyuyoku Shimpo (newspaper) Oceanic Group organizations prewar Rioichiro Arai Toyo Morimura United States
communities community organizations generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japan America Society Japanese language newspapers Japantowns Jokichi Takamine migration Momotaro Sato newspapers New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Nichibei Jiho (newspaper) Nichibei Shuho (newspaper) Nippon Club (organization) Nyuyoku Shimpo (newspaper) Oceanic Group organizations prewar Rioichiro Arai Toyo Morimura United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race
Japanese and Jewish Food Come Home to Brooklyn
Sawako Okochi has always had a sense of adventure. When she finished high school in Hiroshima and h…

Tamio Spiegel • Aug. 27, 2013

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chefs Discover Nikkei food Japanese food Jews New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei+ (series) restaurants Sawako Okochi Shalom Japan (restaurant) United States
chefs Discover Nikkei food Japanese food Jews New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei+ (series) restaurants Sawako Okochi Shalom Japan (restaurant) United States
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Maneuvering Margins – Adventures From The Between
It didn’t take long after I moved from a cramped apartment I couldn’t afford on Manhatt…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Jan. 9, 2012

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artists arts Astoria exhibitions hapa identity Justin Baldwin New York (N.Y.) New York (state) Queens (N.Y.) racially mixed people Resobox (organization) United States
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