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Continental Drift: How anti-Japanese sentiment in Australia affected Nikkei Communities in the US and Canada

During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to di…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 20, 2023

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Yugo Tomita, an immigration lawyer who studied abroad in the US in high school to become a truck driver

Experience the class-based society of America I have interviewed many new immigrants who have left…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 18, 2023

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Choices for Japanese People Living in America

Shinya Miyata, who moved to the U.S. as a resident 41 years ago and has permanent residency, plans to return to Japan permanently soon.

Final home in Japan Shinya Miyata, who I interviewed online, was smiling broadly on the other side…

Keiko Fukuda • May 31, 2023

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Kaoru Higuchi, a former immigrant to Brazil and resident in Los Angeles, is a photographer at Jornal do Brasil.

On November 3rd during the 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the "Nahato Comes to Machigwa: …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 25, 2023

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Japanese Incarceration: Making a Difference One Person at a Time

My name is Marissa, and I'm a Girl Scout from South San Jose, California. I love the smell of coffe…

Marissa Shoji • Aug. 12, 2020

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The Japanese community in Mexico during World War II: Those of Perote

The idea of a war confrontation between the United States and Japan during the interwar period wa…

Carlos Uscanga • July 8, 2020

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Lima Nikkei

My first surname (unpronounceable for some call center workers) has always raised a series of quest…

Yuri Sakata Gonzáles +1 • June 24, 2020

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The Life History of a Japanese Canadian Child Exile: Mikio Ibuki

Part 4: Suejiro Ibuki - Exile and Life in Japan

Read Part 3 >> Deportation to Japan after the Internment Suejiro and Mitsue were among the …

Stanley Kirk • Dec. 17, 2018

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The Life History of a Japanese Canadian Child Exile: Mikio Ibuki

Part 3: Suejiro Ibuki - Pre-War Life in Vancouver, Uprooting, and Internment

One Nikkei who opted for deportation to Japan with his young family instead of dispersal to eastern…

Stanley Kirk • Dec. 10, 2018

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The Life History of a Japanese Canadian Child Exile: Mikio Ibuki

Part 2: Historical Background - Life and Living Conditions in Japan

Read Part 1 >> The Journey to Japan and the Conditions That Awaited Them When Canada ended …

Stanley Kirk • Dec. 3, 2018

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