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By the Shore of Lake Michigan: A Writer's Tanka Poetry Translation Pays Tribute to Her Issei Grandparents — Part 2

Read Part 1 Heart Mountain, Revisited Nancy does not recall when she first heard the word “camp” …

Tai Bickhard • April 19, 2025

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By the Shore of Lake Michigan: A Writer's Tanka Poetry Translation Pays Tribute to Her Issei Grandparents — Part 1

Fifteen years ago, Nancy Matsumoto, an award-winning journalist and author, took on a new project. …

Tai Bickhard • April 18, 2025

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Kazuo Tashiro and Mitsuko Tashiro Laforet: Brother and Sister Doctors

This is the final instalment of my series of articles on the remarkable Tashiro family. Today I wil…

Greg Robinson • Sept. 24, 2024

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 7 (1): Shiro Tashiro—Groundbreaking Biologist

In previous Discover Nikkei columns, I have told the story of Aijiro and Nao Tashiro and their five…

Greg Robinson • July 11, 2024

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Andrew Masaru Sato: Discovering Roots through Aikido—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> From the 1960s through the 1990s, the Lakeview neighborhood was colloquially known …

Erik Matsunaga • May 2, 2024

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Andrew Masaru Sato: Discovering Roots through Aikido—Part 1

Though not, perhaps, in the way one might think given his martial arts bonafides, in 1950 Chicago n…

Erik Matsunaga • May 1, 2024

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How Japanese Americans Built a ‘Useful American Life with All Possible Speed’ in 1940s Chicago

Incarcerated on the West Coast by the U.S. Government, Thousands Were Then Given ‘Work Leave’ to Re…

Laura McEnaney • March 27, 2024

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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago

Chapter 5—Last Years in Chicago

Read Part 4 >> Reaching a Turning Point During the war, in a statement to Asia and the Americas, …

Takako Day • Jan. 14, 2024

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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago

Chapter 4—In the Shadow of the War

Read Part 3 >> Defending Japan’s Position Regarding his own position as a Japanese American, T…

Takako Day • Jan. 7, 2024

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The Legacy of Isamu Tashiro: Nisei from Hawaii in Chicago

Chapter 3—For Young Nisei and Their Future

Read Part 2 >> Inspiring Young Nisei One of Tashiro’s most important concerns was the future of …

Takako Day • Dec. 24, 2023

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