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In my efforts to learn about Nisei soldier history, I inevitably began to learn more about the inca…

Byrnes Yamashita • March 7, 2023

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"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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Pilgrimage to former internment camp reveals untold story of Japanese Latin American incarceration

It was only a few years ago that I heard the term “Japanese Latin American” (JLA). This…

Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik • Feb. 21, 2020

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Civil Rights Champion — Art Shibayama

Art (Isamu) Shibayama, civil rights champion of the Japanese Latin Americans and the recipient of t…

Diana Morita Cole • Sept. 27, 2018

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The Japanese Peruvian Community of Chicago

On a warm spring day last year, members of the Japanese Peruvian community filled the pews of the C…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • July 21, 2016

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Eduardo Tokeshi: A Portrait of Curiosity

His gaze conceals a reality that he has transformed into art. Eduardo Tokeshi, born in Lima in 19…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 21, 2016

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The Japanese in Peru: Lessons for the Justice Department 70 years later*

Seventy years ago this week, 425 men from California entered a detention camp in Santa Fe, New Mexi…

Neil H. Simon • April 11, 2012

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Book Review: Adios to Tears

Adios to Tears is the remarkable story of a Japanese immigrant to Peru who lost his home and busine…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 21, 2011

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A Short History of Japanese Latin American Internment and the Fight for Full Redress

With Japan’s era of isolation ending with the Tokugawa Shogunate in the late 1800’s, it…

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • Oct. 22, 2008

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

日系ラティーノの解決困難な相談内容の対策とは

たとえ国内の引っ越しでも新しい土地に住むとなると、何かと相談しなくてはならない事項がたくさん出て来る。日常生活に影響する習慣や風習を、その土地に応じて把握する必要があるからだ。これが海外移住となると…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Feb. 8, 2010

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