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For the Japanese language students in Brazil, the beginning of the year is usually the time to wait for the result of the Japanese-Language Proficiency …
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I thought it was very unfair of my parents to make me go to Saturday School to learn Japanese. All the other kids I knew …
A phone call redirected my career and changed my life forever. Dr. Theodore Chen, chair of the East Asian Studies Department, was on the other …
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The taiko players are warming up, their arms circling up in the air and back towards the drums. I’m standing on a gravel path, near …
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In Brazil, currently, there are two radio broadcasters dedicated to Eastern culture, especially Japanese. Rádio Nikkey is the oldest of them, operating for more than …
Like so many Nisei born in the United States during the early decades of the twentieth century, my father, Hiroshi Komai, left behind a large …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Japanese words most JA kids know… Check back every weekend …
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In the Northern woods of Minnesota the call of a loon echoes on the lake. The wind rustles through a forest of birch trees. And …
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Despite its value in teaching the cultural virtues of Japan to the Nisei in pre-WW II America, the Rescript could have been used against them. …
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Episode 13 June 20 at 5 p.m. (PDT) | 8 p.m. (EDT) Featured Nima: Alden M. Hayashi Guest Host: Mia Barnett
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