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The U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II resulted in the largest cohort of Japa…

Curtiss Takada Rooks • Oct. 26, 2007

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Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

>> Part 1 Current Japanese American AttitudesIntermarriage has been a major, and controversia…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 12, 2007

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Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1

To be biracial and Japanese American means having many different labels from which to choose. For t…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 11, 2007

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What is a Jewpanese?

Someone recently asked me if I celebrated Passover because of my half Jewish heritage. I said I did…

Victoria Kraus • April 7, 2007

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Living in the "barrio"

I can get away with being Hispanic or Latina without even trying. In my neighborhood, known as the …

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 2, 2006

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Second grade identity

Being “half” came to my attention at seven years old. I remember in my second grade cla…

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 28, 2006

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Snowflakes in a Valley of Fire

My mother told me one day that fear was useless in her life. Her statements confront what many of u…

Fredrick Cloyd • May 4, 2006

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Growing up Asian in Louisiana

I remember seeing an old black and white picture of my Japanese grandmother. We called her Momo. I …

Sydnie Kohara • Sept. 29, 2005

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偉大なる彫刻家　ノグチ・イサムの生涯－その8/9

＞＞その7サムは、淑子と結婚する以前の事だったが、イサムは1951年に再来日して、丹下健三氏と共に広島に行き、橋のデザインも描いていた。そして、広島の原爆慰霊碑のコンペに応募したことがあった。建築家…

Koji Hirose • May 24, 2011

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偉大なる彫刻家　ノグチ・イサムの生涯－その7/9

＞＞その6新婚旅行から帰国したイサムと淑子は、北大路魯山人の北鎌倉の屋敷の離れを借りて、住まいとアトリエを構え、新婚生活を始める。イサムは、魯山人の釜で陶芸に勤しんだ、淑子は、北鎌倉から撮影所に出か…

Koji Hirose • May 17, 2011

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On Being Japanese American

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 2

Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1

What is a Jewpanese?

Living in the "barrio"

Second grade identity

Snowflakes in a Valley of Fire

Growing up Asian in Louisiana

偉大なる彫刻家　ノグチ・イサムの生涯－その8/9

偉大なる彫刻家　ノグチ・イサムの生涯－その7/9