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The North American Post Editor’s note: Tokita’s present-day recounting of Issei and Nisei life is rare today. It is possible largely because his mother arrived as …
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When people ask me what my favorite kind of music is, I often see a shocked look on their faces when I explain that I …
“Quiet now, there is not a thing besides the low, humming sound of the bodyIn my mouth, chewing on the wordsI cannot speak to them …
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For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twists and turns. But she would not have had …
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To the Most Prestigious of the Music Industry On the list of nominees in the Global Music Album category of the 65th Grammy Awards, which …
Read Part 1 >> Another career highlight came in 2005 when the group had two tours in Italy and one across the US, which …
“I continue to practice and perform taiko because I feel it is a lifelong commitment as well as a way of living for me. Taiko …
The late 1960s until the early 1980s...what comes to mind? Perhaps the movies of the era are some of your favorite films of all time, …
If there was a sound that defined United States history, it would be jazz. As Amiri Baraka stated in his landmark book Blues People, jazz’s …
Read Part 1 >> In January 1925, Comoedia magazine reported that Yoshinori Matsuyama would be leaving France and returning to his native country for an …
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