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The Samurai Spirit In my 2015 Discover Nikkei essay, “Samurai Spirit in WWII Camps,” I put forth my belief that gaman—a Japanese term of Zen …
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>> Part 1Having repaired his grandmother’s swords since he was a boy, sansei Mike Yamasaki became an appraiser and connoisseur of Japanese swords. He carefully …
I met with Mike one day around 10:00 am at a Japanese café in Little Tokyo. He had an appointment with a client in the …
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