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

Neal Yamamoto • March 9, 2024

The Amazing Tashiro Family

Part 4 (2): Aiji Tashiro—Architect

Read Part 4 (1) >> In 1938, Aiji Tashiro was recruited as a faculty member at Appalachian St…

Greg Robinson • March 5, 2024

Journal Entry #Lesson 1,537: "There is no Wrong Answer..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • March 2, 2024

The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii During World War II

In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941…

Olivia Tasevski • Feb. 28, 2024

What’s the Cost of a Family Secret?

A California Writer on the Aunt He Never Knew He Had—and the Lessons She Taught Him Is the…

Joe Mathews • Feb. 27, 2024

Journal Entry #Coined in '83: "They're All Around Us..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 24, 2024

Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters

Out the front windows of our bus, we could see acres of sun-dried grasses during a hot and arid Nor…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 23, 2024

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Journal Entry #50 Grams is Dangerous: "Are You Sure?..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 17, 2024

Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Remembrance

In the spirit of “remembrance” with Day Of Remembrance programs happening all around th…

Carolee Okamoto +2 • Feb. 15, 2024

Carolee Okamoto Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka literature poems poetry tributes

Broken Promise—A Hawaii World War II Incarceration Story

Back in 2018, I walked the somber halls of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washingto…

Dan Nakasone • Feb. 13, 2024

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Journal Entry #First CT Scan, 10/1971: "Cogito, Ergo Sum..."

Part 4 (2): Aiji Tashiro—Architect

Journal Entry #Lesson 1,537: "There is no Wrong Answer..."

The Overlooked Story of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii During World War II

What’s the Cost of a Family Secret?

Journal Entry #Coined in '83: "They're All Around Us..."

Why the Language We Use to Describe JA Incarceration During WWII Matters

Journal Entry #50 Grams is Dangerous: "Are You Sure?..."

Remembrance

Broken Promise—A Hawaii World War II Incarceration Story