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Patricia Wakida • Feb. 20, 2018

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Erica Kaminishi: Presenting a Brazilian Nikkei Identity through Art - Part 1

Artist Erica Kaminishi, born and raised in Mato Gross, Brazil, is one of the hundreds of thousands …

Patricia Wakida • Feb. 19, 2018

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Honoring the Last of the Heroes

It’s not often that one gets to shake hands with a Medal of Honor recipient, especially since…

Sharon Yamato • Dec. 10, 2015

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Visiting Spain and France: What is the foreign community like?

At the end of February this year, I visited the University of Zaragoza in Spain to participate in a…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Oct. 21, 2015

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Lessons from the Lost Battalion Mission

“We were in a number of dangerous situations. But the five days that I spent with ‘I&…

Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai • Aug. 27, 2015

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Haru Hashimoto: Matriarch of Mikawaya

Haru Hashimoto was born on July 10, 1903, in Japan, Aichi-ken, Nakashima-gun, Heiwa-mura, to Manjir…

Iku Kiriyama • Feb. 2, 2015

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Perspective on the Dodgers: The Level Playing Field that Inspired Us All - Part 1 of 2

It is difficult to remember any span of my childhood without thinking about baseball as the sentime…

Francesca Yukari Biller • April 24, 2014

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A Bittersweet Tribute - Plaza in Little Tokyo dedicated for Mikawaya's Frances Hashimoto

It was a bittersweet gathering that took place on Thursday, November 19, 2012 for the dedication of…

Gwen Muranaka • Dec. 10, 2012

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Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii - Frances H. Kakugawa

Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mount St. Helens—these are the names that come to mind when most of…

Leslie Yamaguchi • Sept. 3, 2012

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A Legacy for My Sons

I was honored to have lunch with Ted Tsukiyama, retired lawyer and MIS and 442nd historian and Jame…

Pierre Moulin • Oct. 18, 2011

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