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Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Feb. 12, 2025

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Mr. Jimmy Brings the House Down at Kobayashi Hall in Toronto

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) was proud to present a bold new chapter in its history…

Chris Hope • Feb. 11, 2025

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Mokutaro Hori: Still Beloved in Whitefish, Montana

It was in the fall of 1969 that I visited Seattle from Japan for the first time. I used to work for…

Sam Takahashi • Feb. 10, 2025

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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan

Chapter 2—Exile to Japan and Childhood in Shimosato, Wakayama

Read Chapter 1 Exile to Japan John and May were among those Japanese Canadians who made the diffi…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 9, 2025

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

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 8, 2025

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Part 25: Sojitz Brazil—Making Strides in Metal Resources and Other Areas

In the 25th installment of this series, we spoke with Toru Shida (55), president of Sojitz Brazil…

Tomoko Oura • Feb. 7, 2025

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Nisei women in New York: The View from Mademoiselle

Not long ago, I was in my old hometown of New York, and made a date to dine with friends in the nei…

Greg Robinson • Feb. 6, 2025

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