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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 3

Read Part 2 >>PLANTATION LIFE AND LABORAs the last ethnic group to be recruited in the nineteenth century, the Japanese entered at the very bottom …

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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>CONDITIONS IN JAPANWhile the migrants undoubtedly cursed the loneliness and hard word, payday reminded them why they left their homeland. “Four hundred …

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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 1

1. JOURNEY TO HAWAIIThere was great excitement aboard the steamship City of Tokio as dawn broke on Sunday, February 8, 1885. Land had been sighted …

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Dr. David Suzuki, Keynote at NNMHC 10th Anniversary Gala

Dr. David Suzuki is famous for being a scientist, activist, and broadcaster, but did you know his middle name is Takayoshi? On September 25, 2010, …

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The Hopeful Child

In 1990 Japan revised its immigration law, allowing the Brazilians of Japanese descent to work in the country. Arriving in the new land, they went …

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Behind the Scenes of “Old Man River” (DVD)

Throughout his life, the late actor Jerry Fujikawa (Chinatown, M*A*S*H,Taxi) harbored a secret that even his children didn’t know about. As one of Hollywood’s busiest Asian-American …

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Let’s Go to America!

I don’t remember ever having seen my birth certificate until I needed it for my application for graduate school. When it arrived, the most surprising …

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Autobiography of Matsunosuke Shibuya

Editor’s note: This autobiography was translated from Japanese and includes notes from Mr. Shibuya’s eldest daughter, Machiko.) _______________________________________________ Born: March 15, 1906 (39th year of …

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The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

Brazilian Migrations: Social and Cultural Networks between Brazil and Japan

IntroductionMy presentation is based on field research conducted by the author, with the support of the Japan Foundation (2002), along with UNICAMP-FE, among groups of …

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The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

The Myth of the Eternal Return

Statistical data for 2007 reveal that more than 300,000 Brazilians are currently working in Japan, exceeding the nearly 250,000 Japanese that have arrived here since …