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Between Two Kanji

“Nikkei” means Japanese descendants born outside Japan. Once I taught a Japanese student at an Int…

Liana Nakamura • Oct. 25, 2023

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Will Ireton Uses Analytics, Trackman to Help Dodger Players Improve Their Performances

What becomes clear after meeting Will Ireton is that there is more to him than meets the eye. Muc…

Chris Komai • Oct. 18, 2023

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Kenzo Kobashigawa, the sensei of dekasegi past

For Peruvians over 45 years of age, 1989 was probably one of the worst years in the history of thei…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 27, 2023

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 5—Japan as Number One

I was waiting near the entrance to the third university in Tokyo where I was to teach as a visiting…

Lon Kurashige • Aug. 25, 2023

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A Journey of Self-Discovery: My “Japaneseness” — Part 1

A “journey” can be described as a path or road one takes to reach a destination. Like a journey, …

Vince Takemi Ebata • July 30, 2023

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Shizuka Anderson, Canadian Japanese Actor, TV Presenter, “Japan by Food” Host, and Singer: The Evolution of Her Hafu/Nikkei Identity

Readers were introduced to byFood.com, “Japan’s One-stop Food Platform,” in Discover Nikkei in Janu…

Karen Kawaguchi • July 18, 2023

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Joshua Thomson, a British man born and raised in Japan

My grandparents came to Japan One day, a conversation between a white man and an African-American w…

Keiko Fukuda • July 17, 2023

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 3—The Missionary

“So what kind of person do you think the author is?” I asked the students in my class at an elite…

Lon Kurashige • June 30, 2023

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On Nikkei

No. 29 Rakugo in Three Languages ~ Japanese-American Female Rakugo Artist Ramuone

Vibrant Although there are not many attempts to perform rakugo in English, it seems to have become…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 26, 2023

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 1—Passing Time

As I strode down the station corridor past the ticket gates, I became nostalgic for my childhood in…

Lon Kurashige • April 28, 2023

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