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When I was in my twenties, struggling to find my way through life, I very much identified as a gay …

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 31, 2021

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Coming Out, Coming Home

I am a Japanese American, and I am a gay man. For most of my life, the intersection between those …

Stan Yogi • Sept. 11, 2020

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This, I Think, They Deserve to Have: The Ministry and Advocacy of Rev. Mineo Katagiri for Gay and Marginalized People - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Urban Ministry In 1965, United Church of Christ's officials in Seattle lau…

Stan Yogi • June 25, 2020

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This, I Think, They Deserve to Have: The Ministry and Advocacy of Rev. Mineo Katagiri for Gay and Marginalized People - Part 1

More than half a century ago, Mineo Katagiri, a Nisei minister in Seattle, publicly championed th…

Stan Yogi • June 24, 2020

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Echoes of History: Sound Artist Alan Nakagawa and the Hiroshima Legacy

“You could feel everyone in the park staring,” Alan Nakagawa says. “Why do they g…

Darryl Mori • March 10, 2020

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Japanese Migrants facing Criminal Justice in Mexico

Part 2: Isaac Nagaya Tanaka and the Risks of the Apothecary

Isaac Nagaya Tanaka (Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 1890) was a naturalized Mexican apothecary and merch…

Carlos Uscanga +1 • May 6, 2019

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Scholars Showcase Future of Diverse Nikkei Community

During my involvement in Japanese American studies, from 1972 to the present, I have been struck …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Nov. 1, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Cindy Mochizuki's PAPER: a meal within a story; a story within a meal.

It’s a misty Sunday afternoon, and I am walking down to the ferry dock at the Yaletown Marina…

Carolyn Nakagawa • June 15, 2016

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Distinguished Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement and Public Service: George Takei

George Hosato Takei was born in Los Angeles in 1937 to an Issei father, Takekuma Norman Takei, an…

Carol Cheh • May 15, 2015

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Uncle, The Imperial Dancer: A well-traveled performer of stage and screen is profiled in a forthcoming book by his nephew

The elderly man leaned on his walker while shuffling across the wood-stained floor, pulling behind …

Michael Goro Takeuchi • Nov. 21, 2014

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