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A program titled “Kenjinkai: Past, Present, and Future,” which explored the current rel…

Kristine Haenschke • May 6, 2009

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The Nikkei phenomenon as a differential being

El carácter discreto de los japoneses y nikkei

La cultura ancestral impregnada en el alma del pueblo japonés ha formado un ethos distintivo…

Emi Kasamatsu • May 5, 2009

Little Tokyo Community Profiles

Bunkado and the Tsukada Family Pull

Irene Tsukuda-Germain grew up with Bunkado, a family business opened in 1945 by her aunt and uncle,…

Caitlin Anderson • May 5, 2009

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Journal Entry # 100% Reception: "Message Received..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • May 2, 2009

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ボリビア・サンタクルスの｢慰霊祭｣

南アメリカの地図を開いてみて、ボリビア国が大陸の真ん中に位置することがお分かりいただけるかと思う。南米地図をさらに最北端と最南端を縦線でつなぎ、ボリビア国を通過するように東西の横線を引いて十字架を…

Takashi Aniya • May 1, 2009

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The Clear Sounds of Tetsuo Matsuda

The first time I heard of Tetsuo Matsuda was in 1992 in Tokyo. I was a violin student at a music co…

Shiho Toyonaga • April 30, 2009

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My experience with Hiroshima Kenjinkai and Hiroken

My father, Tsukasa, is an Issei from Hiroshima, and came to America in 1960. So, naturally, when he…

Ken Mukai • April 29, 2009

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メキシコの有名現代画家　ルイス・ニシザワ

周知のように、ルイス・ニシザワ氏は、メキシコが世界に輩出した卓越した芸術家のひとりである。父ケンジ・ニシザワから日本のルーツを、母マリア･デ・へスースからメキシコのルーツを受け継ぎ、1918年2月…

Isawo Toda • April 28, 2009

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles

The Aoi Restaurant: A Little Tokyo Treasure

Mrs. Hiroko Yamagata and the Aoi Restaurant have a remarkable story. The Aoi Restaurant is located …

Robert Bonaparte • April 28, 2009

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