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Mike Shinoda
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Contemplating identity in Los Angeles

(b. 1977) Musician, Producer, Artist

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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
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East First Street the hub of Japanese American community

(1934 -2024) Writer

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Fujima Kansuma
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Being a man through Kabuki

(1918-2023) Nisei Japanese kabuki dancer

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Vince Ota
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Spending summers in Los Angeles

Japanese American Creative designer living in Japan

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Lou Kitashima
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Learning how to be a gardener

Sansei Gardener

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Sakaye Shigekawa
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Differences in discrimination

(1913-2013) Doctor specializing in obstetrics in Southern California

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Frances Midori Tashiro Kaji
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Finding out about her father's case

(1928–2016) Daughter of an Issei doctor 

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Yoshiko Inose
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Memories of the Japanese Hospital (English/Japanese)

(b.1908) Daugther of the first publisher of the Rafu Shimpo

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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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