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Journal Entry #4 Body Types: "Poor, Poor Pitiful Ken..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 9, 2023

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #6 Great Barbies: "You Can Be Anything..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 5, 2023

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Gifts from Jichan and Bachan

Dolls

The first gift I remember receiving from Jichan and Bachan was a gift of Japanese culture, the ce…

Susan Yamamura • June 11, 2020

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Miyuki Sohara, a film director, producer, actress, and freelance announcer who moved to the United States in 1999

Bringing our hometown Miyazaki beef to the world Miyuki Sohara, a Los Angeles resident, is the dire…

Keiko Fukuda • April 6, 2020

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Introduced in '61: "Née Ken Carson..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 1, 2017

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

Yokoso Y’all

Thirty years ago, much to my delight, two events occurred which served to encapsulate my bicultural…

Linda Cooper • Aug. 17, 2016

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #MSRP $74.99: "Introducing, TMZ Barbie..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 28, 2015

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Nikkei View

If You Have These Things You Must Be JA

All the Japanese Americans I know have all sorts of ways to show their cultural roots. It may not b…

Gil Asakawa • Dec. 10, 2014

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #36"/18"/33": "Blonde Ambitions..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 12, 2014

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Mukashi Banashi - Part 4

Read Part 3 >>Today, there are approximately 100 Japanese American families living in the Fowler vi…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • Dec. 9, 2010

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