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Being Japanese without direct blood: art as a passport for a Colombian Shin Nikkei

Akari Romero • Dec. 11, 2025

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The Extraordinary Kaihatsu Family

Part 3—That's Show Business: From Arthur Aoyama to Art Kaihatsu

I recently produced an article on Yukio Aoyama (born Masajiro Kaihatsu), the patriarch of the talen…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 10, 2025

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Cruising J-Town: Detours

Living a Turbocharged Life: Tod Kaneko Shares His Journey

Editor’s Note: I met Tod Kaneko through former Long Beach street racer Brian Karasawa back in 201…

Tod Kaneko • Dec. 9, 2025

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The outbreak of the Pacific War and the persecution of Japanese immigrants in America

The Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base on December 7, 1941, not only triggered the war …

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Dec. 8, 2025

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On Being Gosei: Reclaiming 120 Years of Japanese Canadian History

Part 5—Looking Forward

Read Part 4 The second semester of my third year (semester six of eight) was busy from the beginni…

Ava Sakura • Dec. 7, 2025

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #The Last 4 of 2025: "Holiday Humor..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 6, 2025

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Part 63: Exchange on the Roots of Florida Immigrants – Morikami Museum and Kyoto/Miyazu City

Visiting the grave of Morikami Suketsugu In Florida, in the southern United States, there is a vas…

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 5, 2025

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