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“Da Okinawan Hammah” stay nailing it!—Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s projects promote Okinawan language

“Da Okinawan Hammah” get one skill that not too many people get. Uchinaaguchi, da Okinawan language…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Jan. 4, 2024

Argentines Brandon Ufugusuku Ing generations Hawai'i Japan languages music Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture Uchinaguchi United States Yonsei

Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage

What is it to be Nikkei?

My name is Gaby Kutzuma Sameshima, I was born in Huancayo, Peru, from the first and last name you w…

Gaby Kutzuma Sameshima • Nov. 8, 2023

aesthetics generations Huancayo Japanese language languages metaphysics Peru psychology Sansei theory of knowledge values

Japanese media in the United States

#13 Interview with the New Owner - Los Angeles Japanese Radio TJS

To Internet radio In the morning when I was taking my children to school, I used to listen to the L…

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 9, 2023

California communication Dutch internet radio Isamu Van Den Berg Japanese language Japanese language radio languages Los Angeles racially mixed people radio sociology telecommunication United States

The Life of an American Sign Language interpreter — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Shimizu, who is 36 years old, said he enjoys working with older Deaf people around …

Summer Nakaishi • Sept. 28, 2023

American Sign Language Deaf families Hard of Hearing Hawai'i interpreters for the Deaf United States

The Life of an American Sign Language interpreter — Part 1

Shaun Shimizu lives in two worlds. In one world, he’s an American Sign Language interpreter, both p…

Summer Nakaishi • Sept. 27, 2023

American Sign Language Deaf families Hard of Hearing Hawai'i interpreters for the Deaf United States

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

dekasegi foreign workers Japan Japanese languages Nikkei in Japan Peru

Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> With their service as linguists no longer classified, the MIS veterans’ stories abo…

Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 14, 2023

Fort Snelling generations Grant Ichikawa Military Intelligence Service Military Intelligence Service Language School Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) Minnesota Nisei Paul Tani Seiki Oshiro The Registry (film) United States World War II

Exposing America’s “Secret Weapon” — Part 1

My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the bind…

Drusilla Tanaka • Aug. 13, 2023

Finding the Right “Keiko” — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> When I arrived at The Plaza, I found Aunt Emiko watching a game show on a large TV…

Alden M. Hayashi • June 29, 2023

Chinese characters fiction Japanese language kanji languages names writing

Finding the Right “Keiko” — Part 1

Author’s note: After my mother had passed and my brothers and I were cleaning out her house, I was …

Alden M. Hayashi • June 28, 2023

Chinese characters fiction Japanese language kanji languages names writing

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