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The Power of Irei

Coming Home: My Family’s Journey to Ireichō

And what we see is our life moving like that along the dark edges of everything, headlights sweeping the blackness, believing in a thousand fragile …

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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> With their service as linguists no longer classified, the MIS veterans’ stories about their unusual military experiences began emerging in oral …

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Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 1

My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the binding along its spine has fallen off. The faces …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #6 More Noises: "Onomatopoeia Mania..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Kartoon Klamor II — Even MORE Sound Effects to Enhance Your …

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Crónicas Nikkei #12—Creciendo como Nikkei: Conectando con Nuestra Herencia

To Be Nikkei

My obaachan was only seven years old when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The year was 1945, and my obaachan had …

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日系（ニッケイ）—をめぐって

第34回 アメリカ村の女性先駆者、伊東里き―日本の海岸線の旅の途中で③

移民熱をもたらす 前々回（第32回）の「三重県・志摩市のアメリカ村から」で、旅の途中で立ち寄ったジャズ喫茶の主人竹内寿一さんの祖父、竹内幸助氏がア…

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Layle Lane: Black Woman Educator and Defender of Japanese Americans

One crucial aspect of Nikkei history that has not received due recognition from community chroniclers is the close relations between Japanese Americans and blacks, and …

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No More Euphemisms: My Mother Was a Hostage

Decades ago, when I was studying for my degree in journalism, I had an extremely tough professor. He was a gruff, cynical curmudgeon who constantly …

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Crónicas Nikkei #12—Creciendo como Nikkei: Conectando con Nuestra Herencia

Jinsei no aki (El otoño de la vida)

Es el Año del Conejo y en octubre cumplo mis sesenta años, mis abuelos okinawenses dirían que voy a celebrar mi tushibi1, es mi año …

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An In-Depth Examination of the WRA’s Legal System

As someone who has taught both history and literature classes, I recently had my curiosity aroused by an article in The New Yorker magazine (April …