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Echoes of History: Sound Artist Alan Nakagawa and the Hiroshima Legacy

“You could feel everyone in the park staring,” Alan Nakagawa says. “Why do they get to go in the Dome? It was like being a …

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Excerpt from Hiroshima Nagasaki Beyond The Ocean - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> 4. Survivor's Destinations—South America Paraguay A country of striking red soil, Paraguay has rich, expansive fields that seem to reach the …

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Excerpt from Hiroshima Nagasaki Beyond The Ocean - Part 1

1. Atomic Bomb Survivors in the Americas What comes to mind when you see or hear the phrase “survivors of the bomb in North and …

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Hiroshima through Nisei Eyes

What do we know about Hiroshima? And when and how do we learn it? For me, the answer came from my great aunt, Mary Hamaji, …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #8/6 and 8/9, 1945: “21 and 15 Kilotons...”

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Only in Japan.” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries. …

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Tessaku

Lily Yuri Tsurumaki - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Oh wow what a beautiful picture. So this is like the office? That was our Japan Airlines office and I was …

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Family Histories in Seattle’s Nikkei Community

The Pulling Strength from the Past to Build a Better Future — Fujii Family History

When Aiko and Nellie Fujii walked into the room I was instantly taken by the warmth that exuded from them. We introduced ourselves, smiling all …

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Nikkei View

NHK is Your Direct Line to Japanese News

The recent 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima went by quietly on American news (in part because there’s just so much news to cover …

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A Mother's Love, My Inspiration

Someday, the voices of the hibakusha will no longer be with us to bear witness. But the memory of the morning of August 6, 1945, …

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Peace Activist Passes Away at 90 – Remembering the Energetic Kaz Suyeishi

Call Me Grandma Kaz Suyeishi would start off her talks on peace by calling out to her audience, “Please call me grandma.” Often in conversations …