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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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adoptions Choichi Terukina Grant “Masanduu” Sadami Murata Hawaii identity Japan music Okinawa Prefecture United States uta-sanshin
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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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adoptions Choichi Terukina Hawaii identity Japan music Okinawa Prefecture United States uta-sanshin
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Growing Up Nikkei As An Adoptee—A Conversation with Author Susan Ito
I “met” Susan Ito online close to a decade ago on a social media site, where we bonde…

Tamiko Nimura • Nov. 13, 2023

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adoptions biographies identity memoirs New York (state) United States West Coast (U.S.)
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Writing Wrongs in the Past and Present: How Director Sherri Kajiwara is Preserving Nikkei Voices in Canada - Part 1
Back in November, I had the opportunity to conduct an email interview with Sherri Kajiwara, the D…

Mimi Okabe • Feb. 1, 2022

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adoptions British Columbia Burnaby Canada culture equality Hawaii Japanese Americans Japanese culture justice languages law Nikkei Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Sherri Kajiwara social justice United States Writing Wrongs (exhibition)
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The Oda Boys
Sometime around 1932, Bachan went to the funeral of a family friend in Suisun with a big plate of h…

Ruth Sasaki • Aug. 8, 2019

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442nd Regimental Combat Team adoptions letters United States Army Victory Mail V-mail World War II
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Family Quest - Part 2: Searching for Kimiko
Read Part 1 >> Joy and sorrow as a son reunites with his biological mother after more than s…

Gwen Muranaka • April 16, 2018

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adoptions families Japan United States
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Part 2: A family story between Japan and the US: Finally meeting my biological mother, and then parting ways
Read Part 1 >> Naoko Shimamura, who lives in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, has been searchi…

Junko Yoshida • April 16, 2018

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adoptions families Japan United States
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Part 1: A family story between Japan and the United States: In search of iron
After 30 years of searching, he meets his cousin, who was adopted to the U.S. after the war and mov…

Junko Yoshida • April 9, 2018

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adoptions artists families Japan United States Yojiro Shimamura
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Family Quest - Part 1: Searching For Tetsu
From Kashiwa, Japan to North Torrance, a remarkable 30-year quest to reconnect and find lost family…

Gwen Muranaka • April 9, 2018

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adoptions artists families Japan United States Yojiro Shimamura
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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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