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A young Japanese American teenager trapped in postwar Japan for 13 years

Moldering away in the concentration camps during WWII as a kid was bad enough, but repatriating to …

Robert H. Kono • April 14, 2021

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Zoom & Zoni: How the Nikkei Community Celebrated the New Year

To put it simply, Oshogatsu looked a little bit different this year. Maybe our kitchens lacked the…

Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 29, 2021

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dreaming of travel to Japan

During the last week of October, there was a lot on my mind, including Covid-19 and the ongoing pan…

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 3, 2021

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Virtual Bunka no Hi 2020

Located in Seattle, the Japanese Cultural & and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) offers m…

Japanese Cultural ＆ Community Center of Washington • Dec. 29, 2020

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Escobar: the City of Flowers — The 90th anniversary of Japanese immigration (as of 2019) and rediscovery of my ancestry

Located 50 kilometers north of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires, Escobar is known as &l…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Nov. 25, 2020

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Journal Entry #2000 Years of Breeding: "A Culture of One..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 24, 2020

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Beauty out of dust: 75 years later, Japanese-Americans remember World War II incarceration

WOODLAND, Wash. — Morning sunlight spilled into the garage, illuminating a bent figure, about…

Sierra Dawn McClain • Oct. 6, 2020

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Celebration of International Nikkei Day in Brazil

International Nikkei Day is celebrated on June 20th. This year, due to the world situation, th…

Henrique Minatogawa • Aug. 24, 2020

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Inspiration

Hello Discover Nikkei network! I am beyond thrilled this month to bring this pair of poets to the N…

Amy Uyematsu +2 • Aug. 20, 2020

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

How Little Tokyo, Los Angeles is approaching community-led recovery through arts and culture

Longtime residents will tell you that Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo almost died in the 1990s. Las…

Kenji C. Liu • June 10, 2020

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