ニッケイ物語 #10—ニッケイの世代:家族と コミュニティのつながり

「ニッケイ物語」シリーズ第10弾「ニッケイの世代:家族とコミュニティのつながり」では、世界中のニッケイ社会における世代間の関係に目を向け、特にニッケイの若い世代が自らのルーツや年配の世代とどのように結びついているのか(あるいは結びついていないのか)という点に焦点を当てます。

ディスカバー・ニッケイでは、2021年5月から9月末までストーリーを募集し、11月8日をもってお気に入り作品の投票を締め切りました。全31作品(日本語:2、英語:21、スペイン語:3、ポルトガル語:7)が、オーストラリア、カナダ、日本、ニュージーランド、ブラジル、米国、ペルーより寄せられました。多言語での投稿作品もありました。

このシリーズでは、編集委員とニマ会の方々に、それぞれお気に入り作品の選考と投票をお願いしました。下記がお気に入りに選ばれた作品です。(*お気に入りに選ばれた作品は、現在翻訳中です。)

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Minha estimada família

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Hardship and Happiness: A New Zealand War Bride’s Life—Hiroko Kadowaki, 1929-2021

June Baldwin and her son Leon reflect on their mother and grandmother, Hiroko Kadowaki, who migrated to New Zealand in 1956 after marrying a New Zealand soldier she’d met in Hiroshima.

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JUNE (Nisei):

My mother, Hiroko, grew up on the small island of Daikonshima in the middle of a lake in Matsue City, Shimane prefecture, on the north-west coast of Japan. She was the third of four children. Her parents farmed their land. Mum often talked about their fruit orchard and soy beans, and how they made their own soy sauce and silk.

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Caminho de volta

Recentemente, dona Yasuko se viu em uma situação em que tinha que provar que ela era... ela mesma. Possuindo parte dos documentos com o sobrenome Fujii e parte dos documentos com o sobrenome Huzii, parece simples provar que um foi romanizado no sistema Hepburn e outro foi romanizado no sistema Kunrei, mas o documento que o consulado emitiu, sem assinaturas ou carimbos, porque atesta fato notório, não foi aceito pela burocracia do Estado de São Paulo, acostumada a uma miríade de credenciais apenas para repetir algo que está na Wikipédia.

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My relationship with Nihongo

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I'm very curious to know if other countries with Japanese immigration has something similar.

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