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Representing her Family and the Japanese American Community in Acting
Takayo Fischer November 8, 2018
I don’t know that I felt like everyone else. I felt like I was – …

Expressing herself through poetry
Mitsuye Yamada August 7, 2018
I have never stopped writing from the time I was quite young. And I think …

Japanese American identity
Holly J. Fujie July 11, 2019
I always identified Japanese American. It was always, I was a Sansei, and that was …

The moment he realized he identified as an American
Howard Kakita September 3, 2019
I knew I was an American when I guess I was in 10th grade. My …

Nikkei Identity (Japanese)
Juan Alberto Matsumoto September 22, 2019
(Japanese) I sometimes gave a talk about [Nikkei] identity to Nikkei students, particularly from the …

Roles You Can Fulfill Being in Japan (Japanese)
Juan Alberto Matsumoto September 22, 2019
(Japanese) Well, after thirty years in Japan, I really don’t have any particular desire to …

About Escobar (Spanish)
Juan Alberto Matsumoto September 22, 2019
(Spanish) I was born in the city of Escobar, about 50 kilometers north of Buenos …

Her definition of Nikkei
Monica Teisher September 22, 2019
For me being a Nikkei is a mixture of taking the best of both worlds, …

Identification as Colombian, feeling closer to JA than Japanese
Monica Teisher September 22, 2019
Japanese has a lot of layers, and formalities, and unspoken languages that are both verbal …

Immersed in Japanese culture and language
Jimmy Naganuma September 20, 2019
My older brothers and sister, they also liked the culture. They would buy magazines, records, …