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In Japan, I grew up in a so-called “nuclear family”—a family that consisted of a father and a mother and me, their only child. Both …
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Besides Groundhog Day, my favorite holiday is New Years. I look forward to it every year. I always forget though that most people (in America) …
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Japanese Americans welcome the New Year with a special feast that can take weeks to prepare.In the waning days of December in the small, hot …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal makes his "anti-resolutions" for the new year. Check back …
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