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Makoto Shishido: Japanese musician with a Bolivian heart
"Yo no he nacido para sufrir," one of Kjarkas' most popular songs, begins to beat strongly, and Mak…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 13, 2025

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Turning One of the Worst Wholesale Violations of Civil Rights into a Teachable Moment about “Equal Justice Under Law”
In the 1940s, Americans faced issues related to xenophobia, immigration, the exclusion and detentio…

Calvin Naito • Nov. 13, 2025






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The Monumental Artist
In June 2025, Lima's new airport opened its doors, and two giant sculptures captured the attention …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Aug. 14, 2025

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Gerald Isobe—The Man Who Tries Three Times Harder
In a few years, the advent of sound in film will reach its 100th anniversary following the 1927 rel…

Chiana Fujiwara • Sept. 1, 2025

Series

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Amina Abuthahir +143 • Dec. 15, 2016 - Nov. 20, 2025

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column is a space for the Nikkei community to share stories through diverse writings on culture, history, and personal experience. The column will feature a wide variety of poetic form and subject matter with themes that …

Cruising J-Town: Detours

Janet Fujimoto +5 • July 28, 2025 - Nov. 18, 2025

In conjunction with the Cruising J-Town project, we present a series of articles and testimonials related to the personal, family, and community stories and histories that the exhibition and book cover. Throughout the run of the exhibition—now extended from July …

My Name is Neal

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 24, 2007 - Nov. 15, 2025

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

Past Pasadena and Postcard Histories

Naomi Hirahara • Oct. 9, 2025 - Nov. 14, 2025

Social historian and mystery author Naomi Hirahara traces the past of her hometowns, Pasadena, Altadena, and South Pasadena, in interviews and photos while also taking a look back at other historic Japanese American locations through old postcards.

On Being Gosei: Reclaiming 120 Years of Japanese Canadian History

Ava Sakura • July 7, 2025 - Nov. 8, 2025

In 2023, I knew nothing about my Japanese family, despite having a Japanese name and living in a house full of Japanese things. Now, in 2025, it's become my entire life—and potentially my career. This series recounts a life-changing eighteen …

Nikkei Chronicles #14—Nikkei Family 2: Remembering Roots, Leaving Legacies

Fábio Akamine +52 • June 2, 2025 - Nov. 4, 2025

Baachan, grandpa, tía, irmão… our families are the starting point for who we are and who we become. Whether we follow in our parents’ footsteps or chart new directions in our lives, we are indelibly shaped by the generations that …

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NIKKEI CHRONICLES #14
Nikkei Family 2: Remembering Roots, Leaving Legacies
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