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The Heart of Naomi Hirahara’s Evergreen

Naomi Hirahara is a Japanese American writer and journalist known for her award-winning mystery novels. Hirahara  tends to utilize the mystery genre to explore pockets …

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戦中度重なる迫害受けた日系学校＝泣きながら玉音放送聞いた女生徒 ー その１

玉音放送聞いて100人が泣き、窓ガラス曇る 今から78年前の８月15日、サンパウロ市のサンパウロ女学院（現赤間学院）では、緊迫した表情の女生徒らが…

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Susan Miyagi McCormac Leads JapanCulture•NYC: Sharing Her Passion for Japanese Culture and Japanese Life in New York City

As the founder and editor-in-chief of JapanCulture•NYC, an English-language resource for Japanese culture and life in New York City, Susan Miyagi McCormac is busy attending Japanese …

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Nikkei Incarceration

Writer’s note: This is part of a series of articles in The Hawai‘i Herald on Hawai‘i families that were impacted by the incarceration of Nikkei …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Lumenø: "The Stygian Box..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Blackout: Cartooning in the dark” Check back every weekend for …

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Inspirar para el futuro: Héroes nikkei menores de 30

For Kyra Karatsu—Writing is a Foregone Conclusion

Where does talent come from? Is it inherited or learned? Nature or nurture? According to the BBC’s Science Focus, the answer is both. However, “some …

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トラックドライバーに憧れて高校で米留学、移民法弁護士の冨田有吾さん

階級社会アメリカを体感 日本から渡米し、アメリカに根を下ろして活躍する数多くの新一世に取材してきた。今回、縁があって取材が実現した移民法弁護士…

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Nikkei al descubierto: una columna de poesía

Tribute to Amy Uyemastu: After — Part 3

This month, we continue to pay tribute to Amy Uyematsu with two wonderful poetry and prose pieces from powerful LA writers. Amy was an inspiration to …

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EO9066’s ‘Coerced Prison Work(ers)’

Although certainly not an American labor historian per se, I am profoundly abashed that, notwithstanding my having been researching, writing, and teaching about the unjust …

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Shigueko Unten, la chodewa de todos

Lo primero que sorprende de Shigueko Unten es que no aparenta ni por asomo sus 93 años, casi 94. Uno le echaría fácil setenta y …