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“Little Benedict Arnolds in Skirts”: The Shitara Sisters’ Scandalous WWII Treason Trial
In late 1943, three Japanese American sisters helped two German prisoners of war escape from a sout…

Nina Nobuko Wallace • April 10, 2024

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Colorado Germans prisoners prisoners of war Shitara sisters United States
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Sadakichi Hartmann and Nisei Writers: An Early Mentor and Inspiration
Floyd Cheung, my brilliant friend and sometime collaborator, is a devoted scholar of Asian Americ…

Greg Robinson • July 27, 2023

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authors generations German Japanese Germany Karl Sadakichi Hartmann literature Nisei playwrights poetry poets writers
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German Chinen Murata: The secret artist
The story of German Chinen Murata (Lima, 1967) can be told as if it were a comic strip. The synopsi…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 24, 2023

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artists dekasegi foreign workers German Chinen Murata Lima Nikkei in Japan Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Transiciones (exhibition)
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Ernest Meyer: A Progressive Voice in Defense of Japanese Americans
In the period following the outbreak of the Pacific War, newspapers played a leading role in foment…

Greg Robinson • June 26, 2023

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Ernest Meyer German Americans journalism journalists World War II
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Vini Taguchi: A Civil Engineer for Social Justice—Part 1
Vinicius “Vini” Taguchi personifies the cross cultural, interconnected reach of today&r…

Esther Newman • July 27, 2022

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Brazil China families Germany identity Japan Manchuria names São Paulo Vinicius Taguchi
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How Western Media Robbed My Confidence and How I Got It Back Through BTS
I used to imagine my genes shooting sorry glances at me when I begged them, in a slightly religious…

Erkki Forster • April 29, 2021

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BTS (musical group) Germans identity Japanese K-pop (music) music popular music South Korea United States
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Interview With Thomas Girst On New German Translation Of "No-No Boy"
Congratulations to author and cultural manager Thomas Girst for providing the literary and historic…

Frank Abe • July 12, 2019

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German language No-No Boy (book) translations World War II
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Transpacific Borderlands: Behind the Scenes with Artist Shinpei Takeda
“Some people think my work looks like it’s speaking something like a megaphone,” …

Darryl Mori • Feb. 2, 2018

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artists arts exhibitions filmmakers Germany identity Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Mexico Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (project) Shinpei Takeda Tijuana Transpacific Borderlands (exhibition)
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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum
Nahan Gluck
As a volunteer docent at the Japanese American National Museum, Nahan Gluck leads his tours with …

The Rafu Shimpo • Jan. 25, 2016

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada discrimination docents German Americans interpersonal relations Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) law Nahan Gluck Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre volunteerism World War II
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From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University
Cultural challenges and differences in Etsu Sugimoto´s "A Daughter of the Samurai"
To be honest from the very beginning: When I registered for our lecture on “Japanese American…

Julia Schulte • Nov. 3, 2010

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book reviews Christianity Etsu Sugimoto generations Germany immigrants immigration Issei Japan literature migration reviews samurai students University of Wuppertal women
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