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Remembering Japanese Incarceration: A Legacy of Resilience and Awareness

History has a way of being selective in its storytelling. Some narratives are prominently featured …

Shelby Taguchi • March 23, 2025

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A Choice

This little glass persimmon and bark is captured from my Jichan and Bachan’s home (my grandparents;…

Michelle Michiko Sherer • Oct. 31, 2024

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John Esaki—Treasured Filmmaker and Storyteller in Little Tokyo

John Esaki is a treasured filmmaker and storyteller in the Los Angeles Japanese American and Asian …

Helen Yoshida • Sept. 9, 2024

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Writing In the Shadows of Tule Lake: A Conversation with Akemi Johnson

Akemi Johnson is a mixed-race Yonsei writer and author of Night in the American Village: Women in…

Tamiko Nimura • July 5, 2024

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Bon Odori in the American Concentration Camps — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Manzanar The Obon festival at the Manzanar concentration camp in 1943 opened with …

Wynn Kiyama • June 27, 2024

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Bon Odori in the American Concentration Camps — Part 1

In the spring of 1942, people of Japanese descent living on the American West Coast were incarcerat…

Wynn Kiyama • June 26, 2024

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My Cousin Judy: An Inspiration

My dear cousin Judy Mackey (Baker) passed away on February 11, 2024, at the age of 99. During her…

Greg Robinson • March 31, 2024

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Keeping the Beat: The Story of Legendary Drummer Paul Togawa

As part of my ongoing series on Japanese American jazz musicians, I now turn to the fascinating sto…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 31, 2023

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The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 2: Ken Tashiro—Journalist

Read Part 1 >> Aijiro and Nao Tashiro had five children who had distinctive (and distinct) careers…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 20, 2023

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Rediscovering Poston

There’s a familiar adage that when Nisei get together, one of the first questions asked is “What ca…

Sharon Yamato • Sept. 15, 2023

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