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The 50th Anniversary of the ANC Choir

In the early 1970s, within the Nisei Callao Association (ANC), a group of members and supporters wo…

Ricardo Miyagui Maeda • March 13, 2025

Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Welfare Callao choirs (music) Japanese Peruvians La Punta music Peru singing

American Dream

For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twi…

Jackie Kojima • March 1, 2023

An American Dream (opera) Arizona Asian Opera Alliance concentration camps imprisonment incarceration music Nina Yoshida Nelsen opera Poston concentration camp singing United States violins World War II camps

Yoshinori Matsuyama: A Transnational Japanese Tenor and Composer in America—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> In January 1925, Comoedia magazine reported that Yoshinori Matsuyama would be leavi…

Greg Robinson • Sept. 6, 2022

music singers singing tenors Yoshinori Matsuyama

Yoshinori Matsuyama: A Transnational Japanese Tenor and Composer in America—Part 1

In recent decades, Asian-born performers have occupied a visible place in western classical music. …

Greg Robinson • Sept. 5, 2022

music singers singing tenors United States Yoshinori Matsuyama

Renaissance Artist and “Mad Man” – The Life of Shugo Seno

The world of Japanese American visual artists is diverse. Most art historians focus on the notable …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2022

artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing

The Enigma of Marion Saki

A wide selection of Nisei women made their mark as entertainers, in diverse eras and areas of sho…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 16, 2021

Broadway (New York, N.Y.) dance hapa Marion Saki performances racially mixed people singing

Hapa Music is Black and Brown

Jhené Aiko and the Problem of Multiracial Self-Representation

At the 2018 VH1 Mother’s Day music tribute concert titled, Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms, Grammy…

Sonia C. Gomez • Jan. 29, 2019

composers hapa Jhené Aiko multiculturalism music racially mixed people singing songwriters

Gus Hokama: Carnations That Stir Emotions

—“Grandpa, why are our faces different than other Argentineans? —Gus, it’s because we’re Japan…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 19, 2017

Argentina families Gus Hokama immigration musicians singing

Orchid from the North - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> In each of the previous chapters, we have seen young Yoshiko get a few tastes of th…

Edward Moreno • Feb. 6, 2017

acting actors artists China entertainers Japan migration singing women Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Orchid from the North - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> “Fengtian was my castle of dreams,” we heard Yoshiko say in our previous chapter,…

Edward Moreno • Jan. 30, 2017

acting actors artists China entertainers Japan migration singing women Yoshiko Yamaguchi

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