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Voices of Chicago

Day of Remembrance 2006

Issei, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei, Gosei. It never occurred to me that I would live to see five generati…

Jean Ikezoe-Halevi • Oct. 31, 2006

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half enough

Second grade identity

Being “half” came to my attention at seven years old. I remember in my second grade cla…

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 28, 2006

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half enough

Introduction

Welcome to the "Half Enough" column series. Thank you for your interest and for reading my pieces. …

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 27, 2006

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Discurso del Señor Kimihiko Inaba Director General de JETRO en Buenos Aires de apertura de la V. Jornada de Management Japonés

Kimihiko Inaba • Sept. 19, 2006

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Voices of Chicago

Shinkichi Tajiri : World Renown Sculptor

Shinkichi Tajiri, a world renowned sculptor, celebrated his 80th birthday with a Netherlands exhibi…

Alice Murata • Sept. 13, 2006

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Voices of Chicago

Sports, Community, and History: Reflections on Recording the Japanese American Experience in Chicago

Outside, the bone-chilling February winds are blowing fiercely off of Lake Michigan, but inside, th…

Alec Yoshio MacDonald • Sept. 12, 2006

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Gathering of Joy: A History of Japanese American Obon Festivals and Bon Odori

Obon is an annual Japanese Buddhist festival that commemorates the dead. It is based on a Buddhist …

Susan Osa • July 8, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

Simple Instructions: Yoko Ono's Quest for Peace

“Who believes today that war can be abolished? No one, not even pacifists. We hope only (so f…

Tracy Fugami • May 4, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

Snowflakes in a Valley of Fire

My mother told me one day that fear was useless in her life. Her statements confront what many of u…

Fredrick Cloyd • May 4, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

The Good Fight: Betty Kano and Nina Fallenbaum

Last summer, soon after President Bush declared the war against Iraq “officially over,”…

Margaret Schulze • May 4, 2006

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activism California concentration camps daughters families mothers Nina Kahori Fallenbaum pilgrimages social action Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Pilgrimage United States World War II camps

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