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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan
Chapter 5—Reestablishing Their Connection with Basil
Read Chapter 4 Why John and May Never Moved Back to Canada It remains a mystery why John and May …

Stan Kirk • March 2, 2025

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Canada exiles families family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) redress movement siblings Wakayama Prefecture
Canada exiles families family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) redress movement siblings Wakayama Prefecture
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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan
Chapter 4—Memories of Their Parents’ Lives in Japan
Read Chapter 3 Memories of Their Mother May After being joined by John and the girls in Kyoto, Ma…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 23, 2025

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Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.)
Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.)
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
No Murallas
Tkaronto/Toronto, Ontario-based writer-artist Erica Isomura lends us a moment of action captured in…

Erica Isomura +1 • Feb. 20, 2025

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Canada collective behavior concentration camps crowds Day of Remembrance demonstrations (political) immigration literature Ontario people poems poetry protests public meetings Tacoma Toronto United States Washington World War II camps
Canada collective behavior concentration camps crowds Day of Remembrance demonstrations (political) immigration literature Ontario people poems poetry protests public meetings Tacoma Toronto United States Washington World War II camps
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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan
Chapter 3—The Sisters’ Childhood in Japan After Basil’s Return to Canada
Read Chapter 2 Basil’s Return to Canada Perhaps because he was several years older than the girls…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 16, 2025

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British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy identity Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.) Vernon Wakayama Prefecture
British Columbia Canada exiles family histories genealogy identity Japan Japanese Canadians Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) Kyoto Prefecture migration Vancouver (B.C.) Vernon Wakayama Prefecture
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Mr. Jimmy Brings the House Down at Kobayashi Hall in Toronto
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) was proud to present a bold new chapter in its history…

Chris Hope • Feb. 11, 2025

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Canada guitarists Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre music Ontario Toronto
Canada guitarists Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre music Ontario Toronto
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 5—Sisters’ Memories of Readjustment to Canada
Read Chapter 4 Having spent 10 years in postwar Japan and adjusting to life and the culture there,…

Stan Kirk • Jan. 5, 2025

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British Columbia Canada families Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians repatriation Vancouver (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada families Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians repatriation Vancouver (B.C.)
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Unveiling the Unknown: Understanding Japanese Canadian History Through An Insider’s Perspective
Throughout our evolution as human beings, stories of those who lived before us have been passed dow…

Chiana Fujiwara • Jan. 2, 2025

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book reviews Canada essays Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Japanese Canadians Ontario reviews Toronto
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 4—Return to Canada
Read Chapter 3 The return of the various members (except Tadasu) of the Eto family to Canada seems…

Stan Kirk • Dec. 29, 2024

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British Columbia Canada Japan Japanese Canadians Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu reparations Vancouver (B.C.)
British Columbia Canada Japan Japanese Canadians Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu reparations Vancouver (B.C.)
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 3—Sisters’ Recollections of Life in Japan
Read Chapter 2 Margaret’s Recollections Despite the tensions with relatives, there were some aspe…

Stan Kirk • Dec. 22, 2024

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Canada Japan Japanese Canadians Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu postwar repatriation World War II
Canada Japan Japanese Canadians Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu postwar repatriation World War II
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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 1—Family Roots, Life in Canada Before Exile
Family Roots: Kumamoto, Kyushu Sunao Eto, the Eto family’s father, was born on March 15, 1886, to …

Stan Kirk • Dec. 8, 2024

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Angler (Ontario) Bay Farm camp British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps Japan Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu Ontario Petawawa repatriation Slocan Extension internment camps Vancouver (B.C.) World War II camps
Angler (Ontario) Bay Farm camp British Columbia Canada Canadian internment camps Japan Kumamoto Prefecture Kyushu Ontario Petawawa repatriation Slocan Extension internment camps Vancouver (B.C.) World War II camps
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