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3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 2

Read Part 1 The Tsunami struck Arahama at 15:55, 69 Minutes after the Earthquake. What did you se…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 12, 2025

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan Honshu interviews Japan Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Tohoku Region (Japan)

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 1

Even 14 years after 3-11, there are surreal images from that disaster that I can’t forget—countless…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 11, 2025

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan Honshu interviews Japan Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Tohoku Region (Japan)

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Remembering 3.11 in 2016: Tohoku no Shingetsu - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> When can we expect to see Tohokuno Shingetsu here in Canada? Hopefully this fall a…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 11, 2016

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan documentaries earthquakes filmmakers films Honshu Japan Japanese Canadians JPquake2011 Linda Ohama Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Tohoku no Shingetsu (film) Tohoku Region (Japan)

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Remembering 3.11 in 2016: Tohoku no Shingetsu - Part 1

This year, March 11th marks the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 10, 2016

Canadian Nikkei Series

Lorne Spry On Being a Blue-eyed Canadian Living in Sendai, Japan

The intent of this series to look a little more closely at the Nikkei community from a cultural per…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 13, 2014

British Columbia Canada Canadian Nikkei Series Caucasians Discover Nikkei Hakujin Honshu Japan Lorne Spry migration Miyagi Prefecture Nikkei Richmond (B.C.) Sendai United States World War II

Japan Journal

Growing up Korean in Japan - Part 2 of 2

Read part 1 >>Hearing Joomi’s story reminded me of my own restless feelings growing up yearning to …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 31, 2014

citizenship Honshu identity Japan Joomi Kim Koreans Koreans in Japan Miyagi Prefecture naturalization Sendai

Japan Journal

Talking With A “Returnee” - Part 1 of 2

One of the most interesting and obscure chapters of Canadian Nikkei history is the one of the “retu…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 25, 2013

Canada Honshu Japan Miyagi Prefecture Nikkei postwar return migration Sendai United States World War II

Jack Muro: Still Patriotic After All

“Give me liberty or give me death!” was the climactic closing statement of a speech given by Patric…

Gary T. Ono • July 4, 2013

Amache concentration camp armed forces Bronzeville California Colorado concentration camps discrimination Honshu imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations Jack Muro Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles military Miyagi Prefecture patriotism photography retired military personnel Sendai United States veterans World War II World War II camps

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Ohama’s Cloth Letter Tour Begins in Vancouver - Part 2 of 2

Read Part 1 >> GRANDDAUGHTER INSPIRED PROJECT Q: Why do you want to bring the letters back to Canad…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • June 25, 2013

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan British Columbia Canada documentaries films Fukushima Prefecture Halifax Honshu Iwaki Japan JPquake2011 letters Linda Ohama Minamisoma Mississauga Miyagi Prefecture Montreal Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Sendai Tohoku Tohoku Region (Japan) Toronto Vancouver (B.C.) Whitehorse Yukon

Japan Journal

Learning Japanese

Aikido, reading, and learning Japanese are the main ways I try to understand the complicated cartog…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 5, 2013

Honshu identity Japan languages language schools Miyagi Prefecture Nikkei Sendai United States

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