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Lena Newlin • Sept. 26, 2023

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An Unsent Letter to My Nisei Grandpa–Part 1 of 3

Dear Grandpa, I remember you telling me a little bit about what you did in the war. I remember you…

Lena Newlin • Sept. 19, 2023

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Irene Hirano Inouye: A Personal Reflection

On April 7, 2020, I heard that Irene Hirano Inouye, a member of Delta Phi Kappa in the mid-60s, p…

Janice D. Tanaka • July 22, 2020

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Harumi Suenaga's journey to the roots

Andean Japanese cultural syncretism. Broad horizons opened up for Harumi Suenaga García when two ye…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Dec. 11, 2019

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Limeño by birth, Okinawan and Cusco at heart

Without Machu Picchu, many people around the world would probably be unaware of the existence of Pe…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 29, 2019

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Over the 17 years that he practiced as an att…

Sakura Kato • July 30, 2014

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 1

On January 7, 1951, Moto Hayami held her newborn grandson in her arms and prophetically said, &ldqu…

Sakura Kato • July 29, 2014

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Knowledge, Generosity, and Yuri Kochiyama

It is with a heavy heart and a reflective spirit that our community remembers and meditates on the …

Sean Miura • June 20, 2014

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Entre el pasado y el presente de la colonia Enomoto, una mirada desde adentro - Parte 3

Parte 2 >> PERSONAJES ILUSTRES Eiji Matsuda Matzuda Eiji quien durante mucho tiempo …

Martín Yoshio Cruz Nakamura • Feb. 21, 2012

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Entre el pasado y el presente de la colonia Enomoto, una mirada desde adentro - Parte 2

Parte 1 >> Sociedad cooperativa Nichiboku Kyodo GaishaLa sociedad cooperativa Nichibok…

Martín Yoshio Cruz Nakamura • Feb. 14, 2012

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