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Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters
Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Nor…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 23, 2024

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Japanese Americans terminology World War II World War II camps
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No More Euphemisms: My Mother Was a Hostage
Decades ago, when I was studying for my degree in journalism, I had an extremely tough professor. H…

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 9, 2023

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euphemisms generations MS Gripsholem (ship) Nisei prisoner exchange repatriation ships terminology World War II
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Ainoko , a photobook to return to childhood
Ainoko. The bad word is a photobook with which I return to the years of my childhood, in the eight…

Tania Neira Uejo • May 16, 2022

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Half (slang) terminology
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On Nikkei
Part 2: What is Nikkei?
The purpose of this column is to write about various things related to "Nikkei," or in ot…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 25, 2022

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Hawaii Japanese Americans Nikkei terminology United States
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The Power of Words: They Are Stronger Than They Seem
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, President Trump was quick to call this virus the …

Laura Kato • July 20, 2021

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crime discrimination euphemisms hate crimes interpersonal relations racism terminology
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #2021 Digital Assets: "Am I Cheugy?..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 19, 2021

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aging cartoonists cartoons generations humor terminology
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Sacramento Area Attorney Wants the Word “Internment” Corrected in Usage
Yoshinori H.T. Himel, called “Toso” for his middle name by his many friends, would like…

John Sammon • Jan. 13, 2021

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imprisonment incarceration terminology Yoshinori H. T. Himel
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“Dojin”, never again
Recently, a sansei was talking to me about problems he had at work when he suddenly used the word “…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 18, 2019

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aesthetics dojin (slang) Hawaii identity Japanese Americans languages metaphysics Nikkei Peru Peruvians prejudices psychology terminology theory of knowledge United States values
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The Redundancy of Idiots — Part 1
My wife and I have noticed over several years now that certain terms in Japanese have English words…

Terry Watada • Oct. 22, 2019

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food languages redundancy (linguistic) terminology
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Specifying the Nikkei concept
The article “ Who is it about when they say 'nikkeijin'? ” by Professor Shigeru Kojima seem…

Ariel Takeda • Dec. 28, 2018

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Chile Chileans Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Nikkei terminology United States
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