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Daruma are popular Japanese symbols of perseverance. Often used as good luck charms to fulfill a sp…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Dec. 4, 2008

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The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

Brazilian Migrations: Social and Cultural Networks between Brazil and Japan

IntroductionMy presentation is based on field research conducted by the author, with the support of…

Lili Kawamura • Dec. 3, 2008

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Journal Entry # Infinity-1=?: "Deep Thoughts..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 29, 2008

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Naotaro and Tsuruko, My Issei Parents - Part 2

>> Part 1In the years following, the couple lived very frugally and carefully saved practical…

Roy T. Ito • Nov. 28, 2008

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"Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire" - Book Review

If history tells us anything, it's what mistakes we've made and how we may attempt to fix them. Da…

Susan Kellogg • Nov. 27, 2008

Paraguay with Eyes Open

September 2008 marked my first opportunity to visit the capital city of Asunción, Paraguay. …

John Katagi • Nov. 26, 2008

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Journal Entry # 4th Thursday of 11th Month: "Tryptophan Coma..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 23, 2008

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Naotaro and Tsuruko, My Issei Parents - Part 1

Naotaro Ito was born in 1886 as a second son to a rice farming family in Kitsuneji, a tiny rural ha…

Roy T. Ito • Nov. 21, 2008

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Memoirs - Part 4 of 4: Amache and School Days

Read Part 3 >> Visit to Amache In mid-September 1942, after our first harvest was vir…

Herbert Hideyo Inouye • Nov. 19, 2008

The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

The Myth of the Eternal Return

Statistical data for 2007 reveal that more than 300,000 Brazilians are currently working in Japan, …

Célia Abe Oi • Nov. 18, 2008

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