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Death of Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices aimed at promoting diversity and equal opport…

Drew Yamamura • Aug. 6, 2023

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affirmative action education governments law policies racism students United States Supreme Court
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Kyoko Sugimoto Hicks, who came to the U.S. in 2014 and welcomed skateboarding exchange students from Japan
Studying abroad in the US after raising children Kyoko Sugimoto Hicks first came to America at the …

Keiko Fukuda • March 17, 2023

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dance generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kyoko Hicks Sugimoto line dancing migration postwar Shin-Issei skateboarding students United States World War II
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Japanese Canadian Culture Through a Japanese Lens
MISSISAUGA — My name is Mimi, and I am an exchange student from Japan currently living in Can…

Mirui Kiuchi • Dec. 27, 2022

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bon dance British Columbia Buddhism Burnaby Canada dance educational exchanges exchange students international education Japanese Japanese dance Mississauga Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Obon Ontario religions student exchange programs students volunteerism yosakoi (dance)
bon dance British Columbia Buddhism Burnaby Canada dance educational exchanges exchange students international education Japanese Japanese dance Mississauga Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Obon Ontario religions student exchange programs students volunteerism yosakoi (dance)
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Giving with Gratitude: The Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund
“They were at a picnic in New Hampshire,” says Jean Hibino. Her Nisei parents were UC B…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 5, 2019

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communities generations Jean Hibino Nisei scholarships student aid students World War II
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Stepping over the Color Line: Nikkei at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
One pillar of American education is the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HB…

Greg Robinson • Sept. 30, 2019

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African Americans Booker T. Washington colleges education Japanese Americans students universities World War II
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Three Reflections on Visiting The Manzanar National Historic Site
Erica Wei, Moet Kurakata, and Lauren Matsumoto were participants in the Manzanar Committee’s …

Erica Wei +2 • July 12, 2018

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California concentration camps Manzanar Committee (organization) Manzanar concentration camp students United States World War II World War II camps
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
The Japanese-Americans I met at university
"Japanese-descendant dekasegi" workers from South America began coming to Japan in the la…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 23, 2018

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children dekasegi foreign workers Nikkei in Japan students
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The Olympic Dream That a Group of Young Nisei Transformed into Reality in Tokyo
“We asked ourselves, how is this possible? There won’t be any Nisei at the Tokyo Olympi…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 6, 2018

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athletes athletics Carlos Tsuboyama generations Japan Lima Luis Toyama Nisei Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Peru soccer sports students Teófilo Toda Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture Union Stadium Association
athletes athletics Carlos Tsuboyama generations Japan Lima Luis Toyama Nisei Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Peru soccer sports students Teófilo Toda Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture Union Stadium Association
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
The challenges faced by second-generation Japanese Latinos living in Japan
A quarter century has passed since Japanese workers from South America came to Japan. If we include…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 31, 2017

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Argentina Brazil culture discrimination education identity interpersonal relations Japan languages Peru students
Argentina Brazil culture discrimination education identity interpersonal relations Japan languages Peru students
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
The momentum of international students from Asia is helping Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises expand overseas
Last September, I received a request from the Kanagawa International Foundation to participate as …

Alberto J. Matsumoto • March 3, 2017

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Asian students Japan Japanese Latin Americans Nepal Redress movement Vietnam
Asian students Japan Japanese Latin Americans Nepal Redress movement Vietnam
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