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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 8: BBBR Group Aiming to be the Only One
In the eighth installment, we spoke with Takamasa Kuratomi (40 years old, from Kanagawa Prefectur…

Tomoko Oura • March 2, 2024

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Shizuka Anderson, Canadian Japanese Actor, TV Presenter, “Japan by Food” Host, and Singer: The Evolution of Her Hafu/Nikkei Identity
Readers were introduced to byFood.com, “Japan’s One-stop Food Platform,” in Disco…

Karen Kawaguchi • July 18, 2023

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acting actors Alberta artists byFood (website) Canada Edmonton entertainers identity Japan by Food (YouTube) Japanese Canadians Nikkei in Japan racially mixed people Shizuka Anderson
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Madame Sojin and Eddie Sojin: The Lives of Chie and Edo Mita
In the first half of this segment, I traced the career of Hollywood silent film actor Sojin Kamiyam…

Greg Robinson • July 13, 2023

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acting actors artists Chie Mita cosmetics Edo Heihachi Kamiyama Edo Heihachi Mita entertainers literature poetry poets
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Sojin Kamiyama: The Man they called Sôjin
Among all the Japanese actors who graced Hollywood screens in the silent and early sound eras, perh…

Greg Robinson • July 12, 2023

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acting actors artists Chie Mita entertainers films generations Hollywood films immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration silent films Sojin Kamiyama theaters (building)
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Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest – Voice Actor Mayumi Saco Reads Aloud a Winning Story
Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest, which calls for short stories in Japanese and English o…

Keiko Fukuda • May 16, 2023

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acting actors artists California entertainers Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest (series) Japanese actors Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Historical Society Los Angeles Mayumi Saco United States voice actors
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A Partial and Personal Timeline of Asian American Men on Stage and Screen
Teahouse of the August Moon (1979) I’m dressed in a long dyed-purple tunic that comes down t…

Tamiko Nimura • May 9, 2023

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acting actors artists Asian American actors entertainers movies stereotypes TV shows
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From Wilfred Horiuchi to Wilfred Hari: The Career of a Nisei Writer and Performer - Part 1
One exceptional Nisei, the different pieces of whose life I have been trying to investigate, was a …

Greg Robinson • Oct. 31, 2022

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acting actors artists authors entertainers Wilfred Horiuchi writers
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Tetsu Komai: The Story of The Man You Love to Hate
One of the most prolific, and possibly most underappreciated, Asian American actors of the &ldquo…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 22, 2022

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acting actors Arizona artists concentration camps entertainers generations Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Hollywood films immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Tetsu Komai United States war World War II camps
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When Danger Flew East: The Career of Miki Morita
One of the most fascinating, and most poignant, stories of Nikkei performers in the “golden a…

Greg Robinson • July 22, 2022

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acting actors artists entertainers generations Hollywood films immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Miki Morita
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Otto and Iris Yamaoka: Asian Actors in 1930s Hollywood - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Iris Yamaoka actually started her film career before her older brother Otto. …

Greg Robinson • April 18, 2022

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acting actors artists entertainers Hollywood films Iris Yamaoka prewar
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