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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 22: Dentists themselves promote business and boost sales at Shofu Dental Brazil
In the 22nd installment of this series, we spoke with Tomomi Harashima (54, second generation), p…

Tomoko Oura • Aug. 30, 2024

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Brazil dentists Japan Japanese business enterprises sales
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
A Name Fraught with History
I was barely a day old when my Nisei parents had a big fight over me. I had just been born in Honol…

Alden M. Hayashi • Aug. 29, 2024

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Chinese characters Discover Nikkei Hawai'i identity Japanese language kanji languages names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) United States writing
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 8: Kiyo Tashiro—Physician and Athlete
This is the latest installment of my series on the remarkable Tashiro family. In my next columns,…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 28, 2024

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athletes Cincinnati football Harvard University judo Life magazine martial arts Ohio physicians sports United States
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My School Has a Cultural Center? My Experience with the La Unión Cultural Center
When I left La Union School, it had reduced its weekly Japanese language hours as many more courses…

Hiro Ramos Nako • Aug. 27, 2024

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cultural centers education high schools La Union School (Lima, Peru) schools students
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
The Perks and Pitfalls of a One-of-a-Kind Name
My name is Junko Ruby Ruiz. At birth, I was named Junko Ruby Ihrke. “Junko” reflects m…

Junko Ruiz • Aug. 26, 2024

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Discover Nikkei education hapa identity names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) racially mixed people teachers teaching
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Interview with people involved in the "Camp Wall" that commemorates the 140,000 victims of the Japanese internment camps
Aiming for completion in February 2026 It is a widely known historical fact that many Japanese i…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 25, 2024

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Al Muratsuchi Arkansas California concentration camps Jerome concentration camp Kanji Sahara monuments Santa Anita temporary detention center temporary detention centers Torrance Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States World War II camps WWII Camp Wall
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Over 500 Strips so Far: "Since 2007..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 24, 2024

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artists cartoonists cartoons humor
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On Nikkei
Part 51: Japanese child left behind in Congo
"Child of the Sun" brings to light When I first saw a non-fiction book titled "Children of the S…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 23, 2024

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1970s 1980s children Japan non-fiction orphans Taiyo no ko (book)
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Assemblage
Assemblage into motherhood…Spilling into questions of beauty…Deliverance…To Pu…

Mia Ayumi Malhotra • Aug. 22, 2024

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Discover Nikkei literature Mia Ayumi Malhotra mothers Nikkei Uncovered (series) poetry Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama
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An Extensive Analysis of Shin-Issei Lives
In 2010, I was privileged to provide a peer evaluation of the late Lane Hirabayashi to support a st…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 21, 2024

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book reviews generations immigrants immigration Intimate Strangers (book) Issei Japan migration postwar reviews Shin-Issei Tritia Toyota United States World War II
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