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Read Part 4 >> Growing Up Nisei In Pre-WW2 Vancouver I remember playing war games w…

Frank Maikawa • April 3, 2013

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The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 2 of 12

Read Part 1 >> Remembering ‘Okasan’ and ‘Otosan’ My mother…

Frank Maikawa • March 13, 2013

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Learning Japanese

Aikido, reading, and learning Japanese are the main ways I try to understand the complicated cartog…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 5, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Gohan o Kudasai – Immersed in Japanese Food

In the Northern woods of Minnesota the call of a loon echoes on the lake. The wind rustles through …

Yukari Sakamoto • Oct. 24, 2012

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Journal Entry #10th Century Ashkenazic: "Mazel Tov!"...

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 25, 2012

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The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 4 of 4

Read part 3 >>4.5 Non-NikkeiIn the 1980s the Japan economy underwent a significant growth tha…

Ana María Díaz Collazos • June 29, 2012

Colombia identity languages

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 3 of 4

Read part 2 >> 4.2 Nisei from early immigrants I interviewed only one individual who was born…

Ana María Díaz Collazos • June 22, 2012

Colombia identity languages

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 2 of 4

Read part 1 >> 3. Learning a foreign languageOne of the most challenging issues for Japa…

Ana María Díaz Collazos • June 13, 2012

Colombia identity languages

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 1 of 4

1. How this research came aboutI am a Colombian. Whenever I discover foreigners in my country, espe…

Ana María Díaz Collazos • June 8, 2012

Colombia identity languages

Japan’s Megumi Sasano Composing Music--Made in America

Ms. Megumi Sasano, native of Izumisano, near Osaka, Japan, and now a newfound treasure to the enter…

Rachelle Cano • May 22, 2012

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The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 5 of 12

The Evolution of A Canadian 'Enemy Alien' - The Frank Maikawa Story - Part 2 of 12

Learning Japanese

Gohan o Kudasai – Immersed in Japanese Food

Journal Entry #10th Century Ashkenazic: "Mazel Tov!"...

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 4 of 4

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 3 of 4

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 2 of 4

The Colombian Nikkei and the Narration of Selves - Part 1 of 4

Japan’s Megumi Sasano Composing Music--Made in America