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We are overjoyed to again feature Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks in this springtime edition of the Nikkei…

Curtiss Takada Rooks +1 • April 18, 2024

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Kariyushi Eisá Daiko—The Group Preserves and Disseminates Okinawa’s Cultural Legacy

Nisei on his father’s side and Sansei on his mother’s, Tadashi Gabriel Nishihira Katsur…

Tatiana Maebuchi • March 26, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines

In 1988, when Gene Oishi’s memoir was originally published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, …

Ana Iwataki • March 24, 2024

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Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Up until Grant’s divorce and his son’s illness, for about 30 year…

Jodie Chiemi Ching • March 22, 2024

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Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 1

A typical night at Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata’s house consists of a group of …

Jodie Chiemi Ching • March 21, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

Chapter 18 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> One Sansei told me when he went to Japan, he was delighted to see that there …

Gene Oishi • March 17, 2024

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Emiko Tsuchida on How Her Grandmother’s Story Helped Her Write Her Own

Though I often focus on my grandfather’s acts of defiance and resistance when I talk about my…

Emiko Tsuchida • March 11, 2024

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Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi

Chapter 18 — Part 1

I had long thought that I and probably most Japanese Americans of my generation were mental cripple…

Gene Oishi • March 10, 2024

Stephanie Ajifu, Shibuchoo, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko LA—Reflects on her Okinawan Cultural Heritage

On March 9, 2024, Discover Nikkei will host “Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Iden…

Karen Kawaguchi • March 6, 2024

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CPA and lawyer Hikaru Fujimoto, who moved to the U.S. in 1985 and lives in Chicago

Pushed by his father to study in the US I got to know Hikaru Fujimoto, a CPA based in Chicago, whe…

Keiko Fukuda • March 4, 2024

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Hoping for a Rainbow

Kariyushi Eisá Daiko—The Group Preserves and Disseminates Okinawa’s Cultural Legacy

A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines

Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 2

Hawaii’s Uta-Sanshin Master Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata: An Incredible Story about Identity—Part 1

Chapter 18 - Part 2

Emiko Tsuchida on How Her Grandmother’s Story Helped Her Write Her Own

Chapter 18 — Part 1

Stephanie Ajifu, Shibuchoo, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko LA—Reflects on her Okinawan Cultural Heritage

CPA and lawyer Hikaru Fujimoto, who moved to the U.S. in 1985 and lives in Chicago