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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Between 3/22 and 4/25: "Happy Easter!..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • March 30, 2024

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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today

Part 10: Kikkoman Brazil: Delivering Deliciousness Globally

In the 10th episode, we spoke with Hideyuki Ozaki, President of Kikkoman Brazil Commerce and Indu…

Tomoko Oura • March 29, 2024

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alcoholic beverages beverages Brazil business economics food Japanese business enterprises Japanese food management sake São Paulo soy sauce wine

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Much Mahalos

Wea You Stay! Laurel Nakanishi on da importance of da poetry of place

Waimea Valley IV We enter the valley silently, without shaking the branches. We enter without s…

Lee A. Tonouchi • March 29, 2024

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child rearing education families Hawaii heritage identity interviews literature parenthood parenting poetry United States

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Between Query and Legacy

This month, we feature the fierce and insightful voice of San Jose-based Susan Hayase. While I am m…

Susan Hayase +1 • March 28, 2024

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Alan Nishio families literature poems poetry Susan Hayase

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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&…

Laura McEnaney • March 27, 2024

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1940s Chicago Illinois resettlements United States War Relocation Authority World War II World War II camps

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Nikkei and Japanese literature in Peru opens space

At the risk of optimism being refuted with regional reading level indicators, some of the initiativ…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 27, 2024

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Kariyushi Eisá Daiko—The Group Preserves and Disseminates Okinawa’s Cultural Legacy

Nisei on his father’s side and Sansei on his mother’s, Tadashi Gabriel Nishihira Katsur…

Tatiana Maebuchi • March 26, 2024

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Brazil Campo Grande cultural heritage cultural identity eisa (dance) folk dances group identity Kariyushi Eisá Daiko Mato Grosso do Sul Okinawa

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Man Uses Historic Fiction to Portray Heroism of the 442nd

There have been non-fiction history books about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, but Andrew Lam …

John Sammon • March 25, 2024

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Andrew Lam fiction Repentance (book) Susumu Ito United States Army

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Kimiko Fujita, a community leader who connects Japanese-Americans with the new Issei

"Maybe it's a good fit overseas." Kimiko Fujita has two faces. She is the business owner who has…

Keiko Fukuda • March 25, 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, …

Ana Iwataki • March 24, 2024

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biographies California Gene Oishi generations heritage identity In Search of Hiroshi (book) memoirs Nisei trauma United States World War II camps Yonsei

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