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Japanese Americans in the Interior West: A Regional Perspective on the Enduring Nikkei Historical Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah (and Beyond): Part 6

>> Part 5 This essay has thus far examined how scholars from varying disciplines have, in rec…

Arthur A. Hansen • Nov. 20, 2009

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Los Angeles “Tanabata Matsuri”: Part 2 - Creating More Ties that Bind - Tsutsui-san’s aspirations for next year

>> Read Part 1 The 1st Annual “Tanabata Matsuri (Tanabata Festival),” held as a…

Yukikazu Nagashima • Nov. 19, 2009

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On Isolation

I saw her picture on my computer screen after I pseudo-accidentally hacked into my boyfriend’…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Nov. 18, 2009

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110° Aniversario de la Inmigración Japonesa al Perú - Una reflexión necesaria: El aporte de lo peruano japonés al país

La comunidad peruano japonesa, que suma alrededor de 50 mil miembros en el país –y cue…

Alejandro Sakuda • Nov. 17, 2009

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From the perspective of two countries

フィリップ・カン・ゴタンダ～人間の絆を描く劇作家ーその１

日系を含めたアジア系アメリカ演劇は、日本出身の俳優、マコ・イワマツがロサンゼルスで劇団イースト・ウェスト・プレーヤーズ（EWP）を創設した1965年に始まった。8年後の1973年には、サンフランシス…

Tatsuya Sudo • Nov. 16, 2009

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Reclaiming Photographs of the WWII Japanese-American Resettlement

I recently picked up a fascinating book, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi’s, Japanese American Resettleme…

Nancy Matsumoto • Nov. 16, 2009

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Journal Entry #5-4-0-17!: "Don't Say It!!!..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 14, 2009

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Japanese Americans in the Interior West: A Regional Perspective on the Enduring Nikkei Historical Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah (and Beyond): Part 5

>> Part 4 The Japanese Arizona World War II experience has been assayed by two historians, bo…

Arthur A. Hansen • Nov. 13, 2009

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日本ペルー新時代へ - カプニャイ駐日ペルー大使にきく

昨年は日本人のブラジル移民１００年の年で様々なイベントが繰り広げられたが、今年はペルー移民から１１０年、そしてペルー人の日本への移住から20年の記念の年を迎えている。しかし、在日ペルー人は経済危機を…

Susumu Ishihara • Nov. 12, 2009

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Profile in Courage: George Sakato and a Belated Medal of Honor

“I’m no hero, but I wear it for the guys that didn’t come back.” — Ge…

Denshō • Nov. 11, 2009

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