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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #The Last 4 of 2025: "Holiday Humor..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 6, 2025


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My DEI Story
I worked at a large public university as the coordinator for Asian American student affairs. This w…

Thomas M. Nishi • Dec. 4, 2025


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The Invisible Bond — The Legacy of Seiguma Kitsutani
Family memories unite souls beyond time. Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, when we were livi…

Hernán Armando Kitsutani Kian • Dec. 3, 2025


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Dr. Amy Sueyoshi: Creating Space through Community—Part 2
Read Part 1   Painful Rejection: Coming Out and Finding Community On a personal level, Sueyoshi f…

Kayla Kamei • Dec. 1, 2025


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Dr. Amy Sueyoshi: Creating Space through Community—Part 1
“Every Cherry Blossom Festival, we would go to San Francisco and help fold wontons,” Dr. Amy Sueyos…

Kayla Kamei • Nov. 30, 2025

Featured Stories

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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

Shin Issei Journey

Arisa Nakamura • July 13, 2025 - Jan. 11, 2026

Shin Issei Journey is a comic that explores the experiences of contemporary Japanese immigrants in the U.S., known as the Shin Issei. The story reflects the author’s own journey—first arriving in the U.S. as a junior high school student and …

Dekasegi Story

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • June 18, 2012 - Dec. 15, 2025

In 1988, I read a news article about dekasegi and had an idea: "This might be a good subject for a novel." But I never imagined that I would end up becoming the author of this novel... In 1990, I …

The Extraordinary Kaihatsu Family

Greg Robinson • Oct. 23, 2025 - Dec. 10, 2025

One remarkable Japanese American family group is the Kaihatsu clan, whose members distinguished themselves over multiple generations in the arts, in athletics and other areas.

On Being Gosei: Reclaiming 120 Years of Japanese Canadian History

Ava Sakura • July 7, 2025 - Dec. 7, 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 …

The Forgotten Nikkei

Sachio Negawa • Dec. 31, 2024 - Nov. 28, 2025

I have had a relationship with Brazil and South American countries for over 30 years since my youth. Along with my feelings for those lands, I have unforgettable encounters and memories with Japanese people, places I visited during my research, …

Much Mahalos

Lee A. Tonouchi • Oct. 11, 2023 - Nov. 27, 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 …

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