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June 18, 2023 marks the celebration of 115 years of Japanese immigration to Brazil. This country is…

Meiry Mayumi Onohara • June 16, 2023

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Kaoru Higuchi, a former immigrant to Brazil and resident in Los Angeles, is a photographer at Jornal do Brasil.

On November 3rd during the 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the "Nahato Comes to Machigwa: …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 25, 2023

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The first time I visited the city of Rio de Janeiro, I realized that there was something a little d…

Hudson Okada • March 6, 2017

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

My Life, Our Life: The Present, The Past, and The Future

In this life we are the protagonists of a number of stories, but in many instances the actors remai…

Kiyomi Nakanishi Yamada • Sept. 22, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

Yaki-Saba Bento and Shime-Saba Sushi

My 17-year old, Brazilian-born son currently attends high school in Florida, and he spends all his …

Satomi Takano Kitahara • Nov. 16, 2012

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Nikkei en Rio de Janeiro

No hay Japantown en esta gran ciudad, sé que existe en Sao Paulo pero, lamentablemente, no p…

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • Nov. 26, 2010

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Outras Memórias da Imigração: Japoneses no Rio de Janeiro

Ao ingressar no curso de História da Universidade Federal Fluminense aos 18 anos de idade es…

Aline Rocha de Souza • May 11, 2010

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115 Years of Japanese Immigration in Brazil and Brazilians’ Tributes to Japan