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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 24, 2007

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On Being Japanese American

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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Growing up as a Japanese person in Peru

It is difficult to remember exactly what it was like to be Japanese in Peru. My ethnicity mattered …

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • May 24, 2007

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My part-time job at a Japanese grocery store

I got my first real job when I was 16. I was a cashier at a family-owned Japanese grocery store in …

Victoria Kraus • April 21, 2007

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Sticks and Stones

For the last year I have been working on a feature length screenplay that deals with Asian American…

Koji Steven Sakai • April 18, 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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Pure Beauty: Rebecca King-O’Riain’s Look at Japanese American Beauty Pageants

Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain has written a fascinating book, Pure Beauty, about Japanese Amer…

Leslie Yamaguchi • March 30, 2007

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Boars and fortune cookies

2007 marks another year of the boar since its last turn of the animal wheel twelve years ago. I am …

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 6, 2007

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Threads

A quiet revolution is underway, led by young Japanese-American visionaries who are redefining urban…

Nina Kahori Fallenbaum • Dec. 27, 2006

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To my unborn child: Tojo Sakai

I am going to name my future unborn child Tojo Sakai. My first generation mom thinks it’s not…

Koji Steven Sakai • Dec. 13, 2006

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Journal Entry #1: "The Facts"

On Being Japanese American

Growing up as a Japanese person in Peru

My part-time job at a Japanese grocery store

Sticks and Stones

What is a Jewpanese?

Pure Beauty: Rebecca King-O’Riain’s Look at Japanese American Beauty Pageants

Boars and fortune cookies

Threads

To my unborn child: Tojo Sakai