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Más allá del haiku: The Latin American Book of Nikkei Authors

Every writer aspires, in addition to winning prizes, to belong to a canon, a literary movement in w…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Aug. 5, 2024

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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today

Part 14: Brazil Food Service, a company active in the South American agricultural and livestock industry

For the 14th installment, we spoke with Kenichi Kodera (66, Hokkaido), president of Brazil Food Ser…

Tomoko Oura • May 10, 2024

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The father of Kagawa Prefecture's overseas immigrants: Shinichi Imayuki's passion and achievements

Part 1: Passion for moving abroad

Modern Japanese overseas immigration began with 153 Japanese who arrived in Hawaii in 1868, as a re…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • May 24, 2021

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Executive Order 9066 and the Persecution of Japanese Immigrants in Latin America

In February 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internm…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Feb. 19, 2021

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Being Nikkei

The Nobel Prize in Literature, established in 1901, was only awarded in seven years throughout its …

Carlos Arasaki • Jan. 25, 2021

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

Japan in the Heisei Era and Japanese South American Workers Who Have Established Their Lives

In 2019, the era name "Heisei" ended in Japan and "Reiwa" began. The 31-year Heisei era almost over…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Feb. 24, 2020

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1946: New Year’s at the Crystal City Concentration Camp

The end of the war between Japan and the United States in August 1945 did not bring peace and freed…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Jan. 3, 2020

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

The Significance and Effects of the Japanese American Next Generation Leaders Forum

For the past few years, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been inviting the next generat…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Sept. 18, 2019

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The Causes and Consequences of a Government ‘Scheme’

Some readers may well wonder why this book by seasoned Latin American journalist Mary Jo McConahay …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Aug. 7, 2019

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The War between the United States and Japan and the Persecution of Japanese Immigrants in America

The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 didn't just spark a war between the United States an…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Dec. 10, 2018

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