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The Power of Irei
Ireichō, Kintsugi, and the Transformation of Karma: A Conversation with Project Founder Duncan Ryuken Williams
To craft into a sacred book listing the names of 125,284 people of Japanese ancestry incarcera…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 27, 2022

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Duncan Ryuken Williams imprisonment incarceration Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) monuments religion World War II World War II camps
Duncan Ryuken Williams imprisonment incarceration Ireichō Irei (project) Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) monuments religion World War II World War II camps
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J. Kenji López-Alt: Seattle's Famous Japanese American Cooking Star — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Over the years, you really delved into the science behind cooking as in you…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Oct. 11, 2022

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cooking cuisine James Kenji López-Alt Japanese American cuisine Nikkei cuisine Seattle United States Washington
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J. Kenji López-Alt: Seattle's Famous Japanese American Cooking Star — Part 1
James “Kenji” López-Alt, Japanese American chef and expert food writer, is arg…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Oct. 10, 2022

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cooking cuisine James Kenji López-Alt Japanese American cuisine Nikkei cuisine Seattle United States Washington
cooking cuisine James Kenji López-Alt Japanese American cuisine Nikkei cuisine Seattle United States Washington
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The JABA Legacy Project: Justice Sabrina McKenna—The First Openly LGBTQ Asian American to Serve on a State Court of Last Resort
As the first openly LGBTQ Asian American to serve on a state court of last resort, Justice Sabrina …

Lana Kobayashi • Sept. 2, 2022

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Asian Americans Hawaii LGBTQ+ people United States
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A Day at the Racetrack: Kenneth Rexroth’s Support for Japanese Americans During World War II
Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) is, in many ways, California’s poet. Although born in Indiana a…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Aug. 28, 2022

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California Kenneth Rexroth literature poetry poets Tanforan temporary detention center temporary detention centers United States World War II World War II camps
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On Nikkei
12th Ukraine and Japan
Interview with Igarashi Kenta, a saxophonist who fled Ukraine Following Russia's invasion of U…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 22, 2022

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Japanese Ukrainians Kenta Igarashi music refugees saxophones
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Tessaku
Leland Inaba - Part 1
“I think the main thing is that they had themselves had nothing to do with the problem betw…

Emiko Tsuchida • Oct. 31, 2021

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California concentration camps dentists farmers Manzanar concentration camp poultry farming Riverside United States World War II World War II camps
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Ten Days of Cleanup
Chapter Eleven—Sparkling Sea
I stood in front of the open storage unit, my hands on my hips. I felt like I was an Olympic athlet…

Naomi Hirahara • Oct. 4, 2021

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fiction Kenji C. Liu literature Morio Hayashida Naomi Hirahara poetry
fiction Kenji C. Liu literature Morio Hayashida Naomi Hirahara poetry
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Kenji Toda: Groundbreaking Artist and Scholar
Not long ago I did a Discover Nikkei piece on the artist Bunji Tagawa, who made a career of scienti…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 3, 2021

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artists calligraphy Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kenji Toda migration penmanship United States University of Chicago writing zoology
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The World of Kenzi Shiokava
I was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of the sculptor Kenzi Shiokava on June 18, 2…

Emily Anderson • June 30, 2021

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artists Brazil California Japanese Brazilians Kenzi Shiokava Los Angeles Transpacific Borderlands (exhibition) United States
artists Brazil California Japanese Brazilians Kenzi Shiokava Los Angeles Transpacific Borderlands (exhibition) United States
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