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Let's Talk Story: Micah Mizukami Unravels da Mysteries of Oral Histories
• June 16, 2025
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12th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
The Strongest Community
“Do you really think it’ll work?” Isamu asked, curious. His sister Hikari struggled to open a box f…
Dean Inokuchi • June 15, 2025
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #4 Lit Fuses: "T.S. Eliot had it Pegged..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…
Neal Yamamoto • June 14, 2025
The Forgotten Nikkei
Chapter 3: The story of Mr. Shimizu (Part 3) —The attack of army ants and leaf-cutting ants
One of the most memorable stories from Shimizu’s prewar pioneering days is about an attack by ants.…
Sachio Negawa • June 13, 2025
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12th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Divided
It is hard to be half. To be neither in one world or the other, one place or the other. We speak bo…
Alison Akiko McBain • June 12, 2025
From Discrimination to Prominence: The Vashon Mukai Story
Cultivating Legacy: Exploring the Origins of the Vashon Mukai Farm
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The Beginnings of the Mukai Farm, Garden, and Fruit Processing Plant
Mukai purchased …
David Perley • June 11, 2025
George Takei’s “Most Personal” Artwork Yet: It Rhymes With Takei
With It Rhymes with Takei, the renowned actor and activist George Takei provides readers with his m…
Tamiko Nimura • June 10, 2025
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