Robert Walker Irwin, a descendant of Benjamin Franklin, was appointed by King David Kalakaua as Hawaiian Minister to Japan to …
Not much is known about the women of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony, including Jou Schnell, the Japanese …
This series began as an annotated catalogue of the magical gifts I’ve received from Jichan and Bachan, Nisaku and Masa …
Each year, the Little Tokyo Historical Society’s Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo …
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), thanks in large part to a grant from the Japanese American Confinement Sites program …
This is a series on the life of Yoemon Shinmasu, an Issei immigrant from a small fishing village in Yamaguchi …
This series tells the life history of Takeshi (‘Tak’) Matsuba, a second-generation Japanese Canadian born in Vancouver to immigrants from …
This series presents the life history of Kazuko Makihara, a second-generation Japanese Canadian who was born and raised near Vancouver …
The word “hero” can mean different things to different people. For this series, we have explored the idea of a …
Maki Mitchell, one of the few female Japanese chefs in the world, works at Yudai’s Corner, a sushi bar in …
The Little Tokyo Historical Society’s sixth-short story contest concluded with an Awards Reception held on the evening of Thursday, April 18, …
It was 150 years ago that the first Japanese settlers arrived on the American mainland, establishing the first Japanese colony …
The Little Tokyo Historical Society’s fifth-short story contest concluded with an Awards Reception held on the evening of Thursday, April 19, …
Wakako Yamauchi, who died in August 2018 at age 93, was a Nisei playwright whose most celebrated work, And the …
“Hapa Music is Black and Brown” is a blog series that looks at the racial politics of multicultural Japanese American …
This series is about the life history of Mikio Ibuki, a second generation Nikkei who was born in Vancouver. He …
The inspiration for this new Canadian Nikkei interview series is the observance that the gulf between the pre-WW2 Japanese Canadian …
Stories in the Nikkei Chronicles series have explored many of the ways that Nikkei express their unique culture, whether through …
In the summer months, many people take pilgrimages to the sites of where there were Japanese American concentration camps during …
LAPD bicycle cop Ellie Rush, first introduced in Murder on Bamboo Lane (Berkley, 2014), returns in this special serial for …
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