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“How was your trip to Japan?” It’s a question I’ve been asked several times since we returned from our Goodwill Tour to Tohoku last month. “It …
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Helen H. Ota is the Artistic Director of COLD TOFU, the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improvisation group. A member since 1993, she has performed …
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I’m not an expert on Japanese culture and customs, but as I observe what’s happening in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami I am confident …
“Tule Lake, Tule Lake—thatwas a name I dared not mentionspoken warily, always withhesitation, never voluntarily...”—an excerpt from “A Meeting at Tule Lake,” a poem by …
If you grew up JA like me, you probably remember going to J-Town as a child. With your parents or Baachan by your side, you …
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