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Part 57 (2) Pursuing a world where cultures intersect

Read Part 57 (Part 1) Since her experience studying abroad in the United States in the 1970s, Away…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 28, 2025

arts culture identity Japanese music minorities multiculturalism music performing arts

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Part 52 (3) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kanariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival

Read Part 2 Rakugo in English - Rakumei-ya Eiraku is spreading English Rakugo to the Japanese comm…

Ryusuke Kawai • Oct. 11, 2024

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Inside the Magic of Hisako’s House with Robyn Mineko Williams

As a writer for Discover Nikkei, I have had the privilege of interviewing and connecting with other…

Emily Hood • Sept. 12, 2024

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Yukuo Uyehara – An Issei Academic in Wartime - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The bombing of Pearl Harbor turned Professor Yukuo Uyehara’s life around, as it d…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 27, 2022

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The Yume. Digital Dreams Art Project: Shifting Paradigms

The Yume. Digital Dreams art project The Yume. Digital Dreams art project launched by Julie Tamiko…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 5, 2022

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Book Review: Not Yo’ Butterfly by Nobuko Miyamoto

“Growing up Asian in America, we had the songs of our ancestors, but we no longer understood them…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Feb. 25, 2022

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Teru Shimada - a Japanese American Pioneer in Hollywood - Part 1

One of the great leading men of motion picture history was Sessue Hayakawa, whose magnetic good loo…

Greg Robinson • April 30, 2019

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Teru Shimada - a Japanese American Pioneer in Hollywood - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In summer 1945, while still confined at Poston, Teru Shimada was cast as a Filipino…

Greg Robinson • April 30, 2019

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Profile on Courtney Ozaki - Creative Producer and Performing Arts Manager

Courtney Ozaki is an arts producer and administrator, community leader, and taiko player living and…

Margaret Ozaki Graves • April 22, 2019

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Life as a Student of Fujima Kansuma – a Personal Journey

At 100 years-old, Madame Fujima Kansuma, along with her daughter, Fujima Kansuzu, will choreograph …

June Aochi Berk • Aug. 3, 2018

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