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When I was a kid, I used to tell people who asked what generation I was, that I was “Ni-hansei,” or second-and-a-half. That’s because although …
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Unless you live in California, most Americans can’t imagine what it’s like to be in a minor earthquake, never mind a major one. As a …
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Unlike other Asian cultures, the Japanese don’t celebrate Lunar New Year. Instead, they celebrate the Western calendar New Year, January 1, and some of the …
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Ralph Carr, the man who served as governor of Colorado at the start of World War II, had been largely forgotten for decades. But thanks …
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>> Part 1I emailed Rizzuto, who’s now a teacher at Goddard College in Vermont, where she teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing program, to …
Tonight Erin and I heard some sad and shocking news. Kyoko Kita, a sensei, or teacher, of almost any traditional Japanese art or cultural tradition, …
“Do you have to go benjo?” If you know what this phrase means, there’s a high probability that you’re Japanese American. And there’s also a …
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