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Nosuke Akiyama
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Rediscovery of Japanese culture through taiko (Japanese)

Shishimai (Lion dance) and Taiko player with San Francisco Taiko Dojo.

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Margaret Oda
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Growing up with Japanese language and values

(1925 - 2018) Nisei educator from Hawai‘i

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Harunori Oda
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Life Philosophy

(1927-2016) Shin-Issei businessman

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Edward Toru Horikiri
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Luckiest Issei

(b. 1929) Kibei Nisei

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Tamio Wakayama
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Defining "Nikkei"

(1941-2018) Japanese Canadian photojournalist and activist

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Fred Y. Hoshiyama
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Becoming head of the family at age 8

(1914–2015) Nisei YMCA and Japanese American community leader

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Fred Y. Hoshiyama
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Advice from his mother

(1914–2015) Nisei YMCA and Japanese American community leader

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Michelle Yamashiro
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Japanese values that she aligns with

Okinawan American whose parents are from Peru.

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Real People on Video

Listen to the stories of Nikkei from around the world through life history video interviews. An Issei pioneer from Brazil, a woman incarcerated in Canada during World War II, a professional taiko performer, a former U.S. state governor ...these are some of the real people who share their life experiences from the Nikkei perspective.
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