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Conversation with father was in Japanese “I was a timid child and did not like to stand in front of people.” Currently working as a …
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I’ve recently finished writing revisions for a new edition of my book, Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa…& Their Friends, which will …
Can parents choose a name that is a reflection of its times, as well as the past, and even the future? I was born on …
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Read Part 1 >>Your group was involved in an extraordinary fundraising effort for the 3.11 tsunami and earthquake survivors. In response to 3.11 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami …
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On February 11, 2014, at a meeting of the Rotary Club of East Los Angeles, Stonebridge Entertainment‘s Gerald Ishibashi spoke about a project that he …
Two years ago, I met a Mexican American man and this meeting would change my life forever. We were from two different worlds, yet we …
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The documentary examines multiracial and multicultural narratives in modern Japan. In a country often perceived and proclaimed to be racially and culturally homogeneous, shifting demographics in …
I like to say that I have a transnational, multicultural, multiethnic identity. I am hapa, haafu, I am both/and, Japanese AND American. But I know …
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My mother is Japanese from Osaka; my father, American from a small town in Western Oregon. There’s a word for people like me, used especially …
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While growing up within two different cultures left my siblings and me with bittersweet challenges, we have always had the sweet comforts of the family …
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