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Paul Takagi: A fearless Advocate
Many notable events of 1969—the first landing on the Moon, the Woodstock Rock Festival, the S…

Greg Robinson • June 13, 2019

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Asian American studies California concentration camps education Manzanar concentration camp Paul Takagi scholars United States United States Army World War II World War II camps
442nd Regimental Combat Team Asian American studies California concentration camps education Manzanar concentration camp Paul Takagi scholars United States United States Army World War II World War II camps
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Nunc Pro Tunc: The Story Behind a Phrase
It was more than ten years ago that my friend Tetsuden Kashima told me of his dream project. Tetsu,…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 19, 2018

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civil rights education Franklin D. Roosevelt Greg Robinson Japanese Americans lawyers legal terminology mothers nunc pro tunc (legal term) presidents United States universities World War II
civil rights education Franklin D. Roosevelt Greg Robinson Japanese Americans lawyers legal terminology mothers nunc pro tunc (legal term) presidents United States universities World War II
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Commemorating a Justice Landmark: 30 Years of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
It took just seconds for U.S. President Ronald Reagan to sign the document. Yet the journey to that…

Darryl Mori • Dec. 12, 2018

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armed forces California Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Common Ground (exhibition) Daniel K. Inouye exhibitions Go For Broke National Education Center Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans John Esaki law legislation Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mitchell T. Maki Redress movement retired military personnel Spark Matsunaga United States U.S. Senate veterans World War II
armed forces California Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Common Ground (exhibition) Daniel K. Inouye exhibitions Go For Broke National Education Center Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans John Esaki law legislation Little Tokyo Los Angeles Mitchell T. Maki Redress movement retired military personnel Spark Matsunaga United States U.S. Senate veterans World War II
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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Hisa Nagano and Natsu Sakaki In June 1886, Mary Clement Leavitt, the first r…

Takako Day • Dec. 7, 2018

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Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
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Atypical Japanese Women - The First Japanese Female Medical Doctor and Nurses in Chicago - Part 1
According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago “has been and remains a world-class religio…

Takako Day • Dec. 6, 2018

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Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
Chicago Christianity education Illinois Japan medicine missionaries nurses physicians United States women
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My dad from winemaker to shirt salesman
To tell this story, I have to go back to when my grandparents came from Japan, specifically from O…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Feb. 28, 2018

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business economics education families immigrants immigration Lima management migration Peru salesmen
business economics education families immigrants immigration Lima management migration Peru salesmen
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Colonia Japanese Language Education as a Bilingual Education
"Investing in Japanese language education in kindergartens is highly effective," conclud…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Feb. 5, 2018

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bilingual Brazil education Japanese language schools language schools
bilingual Brazil education Japanese language schools language schools
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I went to Japan when I was 6 years old, studied and graduated. Today I am a Japanese citizen
The story of Clayyton, Sansei, now 28 years old, is yet another example of young Brazilians who lef…

Katsuo Higuchi • Aug. 28, 2017

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Brazil dekasegi education foreign workers generations identity Japan languages Nikkei in Japan Sansei
Brazil dekasegi education foreign workers generations identity Japan languages Nikkei in Japan Sansei
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Brazilian families in Japan - The (difficult) fight for integration
As a Nisei, I am proud of my origins and I highly value the principles and values ​​I received from…

Katsuo Higuchi • July 10, 2017

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Brazil dekasegi discrimination education foreign workers Hawaii identity interpersonal relations Japan Japanese Americans languages migration Nikkei Nikkei in Japan prejudices United States
Brazil dekasegi discrimination education foreign workers Hawaii identity interpersonal relations Japan Japanese Americans languages migration Nikkei Nikkei in Japan prejudices United States
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In Brazil. 109 years.
“No one can take away what you’ve studied” was or still is a sentence repeated to…

Célia Sakurai • June 18, 2017

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Brazil communities education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Brazilians Japanese language schools Kasato Maru (ship) languages language schools migration
Brazil communities education generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Brazilians Japanese language schools Kasato Maru (ship) languages language schools migration
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