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The Okinawa Association of America, Inc. (OAA) is a public benefit, charitable organization. Its mi…

Shingi Kuniyoshi • Aug. 21, 2009

history Japan Okinawa Prefecture

南米パラグアイに移り住んで、コロニア・ラパスの歌

２００８年１２月の半ば、期待していた農作物も長い旱魃で葉がしなびて見るも哀れな姿になり、毎日の暑さにバテそうなある日、日本人会会長をしている夫が事務所から帰ってこう言った。『ｗさんが、「ラパスの…

Yoshiko Yamagami • Aug. 20, 2009

communities La Paz music Paraguay

Porqué no puedo hablar de una minoría étnica, siendo de una minoría étnica

Cuando el profesor Humberto Rodríguez Pastor me comentó sobre la posibilidad de prese…

Tilsa Guima • Aug. 18, 2009

identity Peru

Japanese American National Museum Store Online

Songs and Searching: The Music of Kiyoshi Graves

Beside the blue waters of a Los Angeles reservoir, Kiyoshi Graves found a long-hidden path.It may b…

Darryl Mori • Aug. 17, 2009

hapa identity music racially mixed people

Journal Entry # $3.95, Please: "I Believe in 'Toonism..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 15, 2009

cartoons comics generations humor identity superheroes Yonsei

Letter to President Obama in support of his efforts to seek "peace and security"

August 6, 2009The Honorable Barack ObamaPresident of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylva…

Soji Kashiwagi • Aug. 15, 2009

Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan letters peace

Chapter Twelve—Matchmaker, Matchmaker

>> Chapter elevenAt least pretend that you’re happy to be here, I scold myself. My best…

Naomi Hirahara • Aug. 14, 2009

Baishakunin, Inc. (series) California Discover Nikkei fiction Little Tokyo Los Angeles Naomi Hirahara romances stories United States

コミュニティ意識が存続を左右する夏祭り

７月から８月にかけて、お寺や日系コミュニティが主催する夏祭りが、全米各地で開かれる。もちろん、夏祭りの舞台はアメリカだけではない。体験したことはないが、南アメリカでも日系コミュニティの恒例行事に違い…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 13, 2009

festivals matsuri

The Lemon Creek Harmonica Band Plays On 65 Years Later

“Hail to new Canadians. Pledge loyalty with the land that gave us birth and our destiny yonde…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Aug. 12, 2009

British Columbia Canada Lemon Creek music

The Purpose of the Kenjinkai - Part 2 of 2

>> Part 1Maybe we find ourselves witnessing signs that the seventh Nikkei generation in Peru,…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Aug. 11, 2009

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