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Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports
A Connection Beyond Basketball
For many, the Japanese American basketball leagues are a foundational part of their Japanese Americ…

Matthew Saito • July 28, 2020

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basketball California Discover Nikkei Japanese American basketball leagues Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Sports (series) sports United States
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JANM Volunteers in the Time of Covid
40 staff and 200 volunteers are the human resource numbers for the Japanese American National Museu…

Julia Murakami • July 14, 2020

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada COVID-19 Discover Nikkei Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kizuna 2020 (series) Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre volunteerism
British Columbia Burnaby Canada COVID-19 Discover Nikkei Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kizuna 2020 (series) Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre volunteerism
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Reflections on Being Mixed, but Not Mixed Up
My mother was Japanese. My father was Black (African American). My father was Black. My mother was …

Curtiss Takada Rooks • July 6, 2020

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African Americans Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) families hapa Japanese Americans postwar racially mixed families racially mixed people World War II
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Seeking Will Thomas: An African American friend to the Nisei
Beginning in the last decades of the 20th century, the Asian American experience became a topic of …

Greg Robinson • May 6, 2020

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African Americans authors Japanese Americans literature World War II
African Americans authors Japanese Americans literature World War II
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Jeff Tanaka’s got the best seats in the house
Watch a Chicago Bulls game and try to find Jeff Tanaka. On gameday he’ll be sitting courtsid…

Andy Yamashita • April 28, 2020

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athletic trainers basketball California Chicago football Illinois Japanese Americans San Francisco San Jose sports sports personnel United States
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Obituary: Cedrick Shimo, 100: Wartime Resister, American Honda Exec.
Cedrick Masaki Shimo, a World War II military resister and an executive at American Honda Motors, U…

Martha Nakagawa • April 24, 2020

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American Honda Motor Company armed forces Cedrick Shimo draft resisters Japanese Americans Japanese language newspapers newspapers Rafu Shimpo (newspaper) resisters retired military personnel veterans
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Grassroots “9066 Meetings”
On a past Thursday afternoon, about 20 people from all walks of life gathered for an early dinner a…

Makiko Nakasone • April 8, 2020

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California communities history Japanese Americans Japanese Peruvians Los Angeles United States World War II
California communities history Japanese Americans Japanese Peruvians Los Angeles United States World War II
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The Nisei Women Who Fought—And Won—An Early Redress Battle In Seattle
On February 27, 1942, the Seattle School Board accepted the forced resignations of 27 Nisei women w…

Nina Nobuko Wallace • April 3, 2020

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activism employees generations Japanese Americans Nisei Redress movement school employees Seattle social action United States Washington women World War II
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Hung Wai Ching: The Founding of the Varsity Victory Volunteers and relations between Chinese and Japanese Americans
The study of relations between Chinese and Japanese Americans during WWII is a small yet growing …

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 20, 2020

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Chinese Americans Hung Wai Ching Japanese Americans United States Army
442nd Regimental Combat Team Chinese Americans Hung Wai Ching Japanese Americans United States Army
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Echoes of History: Sound Artist Alan Nakagawa and the Hiroshima Legacy
“You could feel everyone in the park staring,” Alan Nakagawa says. “Why do they g…

Darryl Mori • March 10, 2020

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Alan Nakagawa artists arts atomic bomb Atomic Bomb Dome Enola Gay (bomber) exhibitions Genbaku Dome Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hiroshima Prefecture historic sites history Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) memorials monuments Under the Mushroom Cloud (film) war war memorials World War II
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