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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Vini Taguchi: A Civil Engineer for Social Justice—Part 1

Vinicius “Vini” Taguchi personifies the cross cultural, interconnected reach of today’s Nikkei community. His outlook is as broad as his background while his occupation and …

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Transpacific Borderlands: Behind the Scenes with Artist Shinpei Takeda

“Some people think my work looks like it’s speaking something like a megaphone,” says Shinpei Takeda. “And some people think it is trying to catch …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Cultural challenges and differences in Etsu Sugimoto´s "A Daughter of the Samurai"

To be honest from the very beginning: When I registered for our lecture on “Japanese Americans” I had absolutely no idea of what to expect. …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Text and image relations in Miné Okubo's Citizen 13660

Okubo was interned in 1942 in the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During that time she …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

A short insight into the conflicts in John Okada’s No-No Boy

While attending the University of Wuppertal in Germany, I took a course where I learned about the history and development of Japanese Americans in the …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Toshio Mori's "The Trees"

I first came into contact with Toshio Mori’s works in the “Japanese Americans” seminar I attended this summer term at the University of Wuppertal. What …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Racism in Post-War America: Not a Matter of Black or White

During this summer term, I attended the course “Japanese Americans” at the University of Wuppertal in Germany. The overall aim of the course was to …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Fascination Anime - One Piece & Eiichiro Oda

During this summer term I attended a course called “Japanese Americans” at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. We learned a lot about the history, life …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Living and loving two cultures

This semester I attended a course called Japanese Americans at the University of Wuppertal. At the beginning of the semester I had no previous knowledge …

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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

Teaching Japanese American Literature at a German University

I teach American Studies at the University of Wuppertal. Our school is located in a post-industrial area near Cologne, Germany, and many of our students …