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A Parent's Prayer Called a Name

Nice to meet you. I am Mizuno Katsuaki's mother, Mizuno Kanryou, also known as Mizuno Kumiko. Mizu…

Kanryo (Kumiko) Mizuno • Nov. 17, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

My Name

I was not good at writing, so I hated writing my name on exam papers or questionnaires at school. M…

Maximiliano Shigeki Matsumura • Nov. 9, 2024

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Part 48: What is Japaneseness?

Is it nationality or lineage that's the issue? With the Paris Olympics just around the corner, t…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 12, 2024

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Part 47: Japanese Emigration Overseas

There are 1,294,000 Japanese people residing overseas. In recent years, it is said that the number…

Ryusuke Kawai • June 28, 2024

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No. 42 Japanese Australians during the war - Reading "Records of the Internment of Japanese Australians"

It is well known that with the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japanese and Japanese-Americans in the …

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 12, 2024

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Part 41 (part 3) Interview with Christine Piper, author with Japanese and Australian roots — Family roots and identity

Read Part 2 >> Identity is created from within --Could you tell us more about your family roots? …

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 5, 2024

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Part 41 (part 2) Interview with Christine Piper, author with Japanese and Australian roots — Japanese-Australian

Read Part 1 >> Japanese Americans and Japanese in internment camps -- In After Darkness, there ar…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 29, 2023

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Wake Up and Smell the Green Tea: Japanese Breakfast is the New Way to Start Your Day

I’ve been to Japan three times. Over the course of those visits I had so many delicious meals; rich…

Marsha Takeda-Morrison • Dec. 15, 2023

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Episode 40: The story of a Japanese doctor in Australia during wartime

Detention Centers, Institutions for Disease Control, and Wavering Feelings It is well known that at…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 24, 2023

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Kenzo Kobashigawa, the sensei of dekasegi past

For Peruvians over 45 years of age, 1989 was probably one of the worst years in the history of thei…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 27, 2023

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