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

Neal Yamamoto • July 3, 2010

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From the perspective of two countries

ブレンダ・ウォン・アオキ～日米の物語を語る3世のソロ・パフォーマー～その２

＞＞その１家族の死を受け止めるために「汽車に乗って」は、ブレンダがアリス・ハギオという2世から直接聞いた話で、「Last Dance」（1998）に収録されている。第2次大戦中、日系人収容所に移送…

Tatsuya Sudo • July 2, 2010

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City View Hospital and the Japanese Hospitals of California - Part 4

Read Part 3 >>THE ORIGINS OF JAPANESE HOSPITALS IN LOS ANGELESThe Japanese community in Los A…

Troy Tashiro Kaji • July 2, 2010

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Hiroshima Story - Part 2

This is a story told by Sachiko Masuoka about living through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.>&g…

Sachiko Masuoka • July 1, 2010

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日系アメリカ移民一世の新聞と文学－その１

はじめに「文学」が可能になるためには、いったいどのような環境が必要だろうか？その答えは、「文学」という言葉の指す内容いかんによるだろうし、時代にもより、地域によっても変わるはずで、簡単に導き出せる…

Yoshitaka Hibi • June 30, 2010

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The Founders III: The Old Man and the Entire Ocean

Have you ever read Ernest Hemingway’s famous novella: “The Old Man and the Sea”? …

Edward Moreno • June 30, 2010

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“Hole Hole Bushi Girl”: Interview with Allison Arakawa

INTRODUCTIONOn February 27, 2010, the Japanese American National Museum opened its exhibition Textu…

Sojin Kim • June 29, 2010

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Changing Little Tokyo

This past year, I worked with students and other volunteers to conduct an inventory of businesses i…

Evelyn Yoshimura • June 28, 2010

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles - 2010

The Tsunami of Little Tokyo - An Interview with Mr. Akimoto of Frying Fish Restaurant

Editor’s note: Discover Nikkei is an archive of stories representing different communities, v…

Kent Taroh Tonozuka • June 28, 2010

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Journal Entry #9 Looong Innings: "Uptown Blues..."