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Hoping for a Rainbow
We are overjoyed to again feature Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks in this springtime edition of the Nikkei…
Curtiss Takada Rooks +1 • April 18, 2024
Dekasegi Story
Episode 47 (Part 1) "I want to go home, but I can't"
Eiji, the eldest son of two older sisters, was told by his parents to become a doctor in the future…
Laura Honda-Hasegawa • April 18, 2024
In the Beginning There Was Cold Tofu
I am lucky enough to know two talented, bright, and big-hearted women—Denice Kumagai and Ma…
Sharon Yamato • April 17, 2024
“LA Rising” in Little Tokyo with Robert Vargas
On March 27, 2024, Robert Vargas’ newest mural, “LA Rising,” was unveiled in the …
Kristopher Kato • April 16, 2024
Who Was The First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?
Manzo Nagano (Part 2) — Did He Come in 1877?
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In Nagano’s hometown, Kuchinotsu (near Nagasaki), the local museum…
Ann-Lee Switzer +1 • April 15, 2024
Toshi Sato, the world's best Mercedes Benz salesman who moved to the US in 1996
A frog jumping out of a well
Many of the Japanese who come to America, the so-called Shin-Issei,…
Keiko Fukuda • April 15, 2024
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The Importance of Telling the Japanese American Resisters’ Story
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