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Hibiki: We have an appointment with Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Peru
We are in Peru, we are a product of Japanese immigration, our country is the second with the most J…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Feb. 12, 2025

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Mr. Jimmy Brings the House Down at Kobayashi Hall in Toronto
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) was proud to present a bold new chapter in its history…

Chris Hope • Feb. 11, 2025




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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Published in 1812: "I'd Misuse All of Them..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 8, 2025

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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 25: Sojitz Brazil—Making Strides in Metal Resources and Other Areas
In the 25th installment of this series, we spoke with Toru Shida (55), president of Sojitz Brazil…

Tomoko Oura • Feb. 7, 2025


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Nisei women in New York: The View from Mademoiselle
Not long ago, I was in my old hometown of New York, and made a date to dine with friends in the nei…

Greg Robinson • Feb. 6, 2025

Featured Stories

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A Belated Reparation—Part 1
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Although the following short story is fiction, it is based on my mother’s battle aga…

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 11, 2024

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Gus Hokama: Carnations That Stir Emotions
—“Grandpa, why are our faces different than other Argentineans? —Gus, it’s because we’re Japan…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 19, 2017

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Much Mahalos
It All Started with one Question: How Sarah Tamashiro Kuaiwa Came one Museum Curator
At age 31, Sarah Tamashiro Kuaiwa stay da youngest curator at da Bishop Museum, da largest museum…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 28, 2024

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Nikkei family history written in film: Okaeri: The Spy of the Rising Sun
Noriko, Camila’s grandmother, keeps saying “my parents would be very happy” when her granddaughter …

Hiro Ramos Nako • Aug. 13, 2024

Series

On Nikkei

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 11, 2022 - Feb. 14, 2025

What is Nikkei? Ryusuke Kawai, a non-fiction writer who translated "No-No Boy," covers a variety of topics related to Nikkei, including people, history, books, movies, and music, focusing on his own involvement with Nikkei.  

History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 18, 2021 - Feb. 5, 2025

This series explores the history of pre-war Seattle Nikkei immigrants by researching old articles from the online archives of The North American Times, a joint project between the Hokubei Hochi [North American Post] Foundation and the University of Washington (UW) …

Much Mahalos

Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 11, 2023 - Feb. 3, 2025

In this series, acclaimed author "Da Pidgin Guerrilla" Lee A. Tonouchi uses the language of Hawai‘i Creole, a.k.a. Pidgin, to talk story with accomplished and up-and coming Japanese/Okinawan Americans from Hawai‘i. Interviewees discuss their passions, their triumphs, as well as …

Nikkei View

Gil Asakawa • Dec. 3, 2009 - Jan. 26, 2025

This series presents selections from Gil Asakawa’s “Nikkei View: The Asian American Blog,” which presents a Japanese American perspective on pop culture, media, and politics. Visit the Nikkei View: The Asian American Blog >> 

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Amina Abuthahir +135 • Dec. 15, 2016 - Jan. 23, 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 …

The Power of Irei

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 27, 2022 - Jan. 16, 2025

A series of articles related to the Irei: The National Monument for the World War II Japanese American Incarceration, a three-part installation listing the names of more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry imprisoned in 75 U.S. detention camps. This …

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