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The origin
Since childhood, I have made friends of both different and oriental ancestries – not only Japanese,…

Tatiana Maebuchi • April 23, 2021

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Brazil identity Japan Japanese Brazilians
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The puzzle piece
"Nice to meet you! “My name is Narumi Akita.” "As?" “Na – ru – mi” “Aaah, and where …

Narumi Akita • March 15, 2021

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identity Japan Latin American Nikkei scholarship Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Paraguay scholarships student aid travel
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The Effects from Being Dumped into the Concentration Camps as a Boy
What do you think would be the aftermath of the concentration camps? Bitterness, depression, anger?…

Robert H. Kono • March 14, 2021

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authors identity imprisonment incarceration racism repatriation World War II World War II camps writers
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Miya Turnbull: The Face Behind the Mask - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> If you were to design a mask for yourself for these times, what might it lo…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 26, 2021

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artists arts clothing contests costumes hapa identity Japanese Canadians masks Miya Turnbull racially mixed people
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Miya Turnbull: The Face Behind the Mask - Part 1
“The artist is meant to put the objects of this world together in such a way that through t…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 25, 2021

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artists arts clothing contests costumes hapa identity Japanese Canadians masks Miya Turnbull racially mixed people
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Being Nikkei
The Nobel Prize in Literature, established in 1901, was only awarded in seven years throughout its …

Carlos Arasaki • Jan. 25, 2021

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Hawaii identity Japan Japanese Americans Latin America Nikkei Okinawa Prefecture scholarships student aid United States
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The Commodification of Asian Americans
It is strange to be a commodity. When I was younger, I didn’t like the fact that I was Asian…

Kyra Karatsu • Jan. 22, 2021

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Asian Americans identity Japanese Americans
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Falling Into Public History: My Writing about Japanese American and African American Community Stories
The following essay is adapted from a talk that I gave to the City of Tacoma Historic Preservation,…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 23, 2020

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Filipino Americans identity Japanese Americans journalism Tacoma United States Washington
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I Matter: A Personal Reflection
On the news the other day, an interviewer was asking people on the street this question: “Whe…

Carolee Okamoto • Dec. 10, 2020

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generations identity Japanese Americans race Sansei
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Norman Takeuchi: Portrait of an Artist as a Japanese Canadian
“Over the years, my paintings have explored my Japanese Canadian identity. While earlier wo…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Dec. 1, 2020

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artists arts Canada Equal Time (exhibition) exhibitions generations identity Japanese Canadians Nisei World War II World War II camps
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