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Reflections on my names

My mother chose both of my names before I was born. The first name was because she liked the sound …

Glaucia Tiemi Silva • Nov. 29, 2024

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Grappling

I recently had the great privilege of being hosted as a George A. Miller Visiting Artist at the Uni…

Jason Finkelman +1 • Oct. 17, 2024

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Never Been Better: Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson Uses Romantic Comedy to Explore Mental Illness

TORONTO — Author Leanne Toshiko Simpson’s offbeat and big-hearted romantic comedy, Never Been Bette…

Kelly Fleck • May 14, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines

In 1988, when Gene Oishi’s memoir was originally published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, the ca…

Ana Iwataki • March 24, 2024

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John Azama: The Peruvian Nikkei Who Revitalized Ryukyu Damashii, the Eisa Group of Dallas-Fort Worth

“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin pr…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Feb. 16, 2024

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Much Mahalos

“Da Okinawan Hammah” stay nailing it!—Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s projects promote Okinawan language

“Da Okinawan Hammah” get one skill that not too many people get. Uchinaaguchi, da Okinawan language…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Jan. 4, 2024

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

For Kyra Karatsu—Writing is a Foregone Conclusion

Where does talent come from? Is it inherited or learned? Nature or nurture? According to the BBC’s …

Esther Newman • Aug. 18, 2023

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REPRESENT!: “Ikigai” – Yonsei Filmmaker Makes Directing Debut

In July, California State University Northridge senior Maren Elardo and her crew of fellow students…

Jackie Kojima • July 11, 2023

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Experience Okinawa!

Many Hawai‘i Uchinānchu (Okinawan persons) have visited their ancestral homeland, but relatively fe…

Colin Y. Sewake • May 23, 2023

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 1—Passing Time

As I strode down the station corridor past the ticket gates, I became nostalgic for my childhood in…

Lon Kurashige • April 28, 2023

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