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Part 59 Getting to Know San Jose Japantown
A rare community that preserves Japanese traditions
San Jose, California, is known as one of the…
Ryusuke Kawai • March 28, 2025
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#14 Walking around ethnic town Tsurumi
Okinawa and South America intersect Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward, home to a large community of Japanese …
Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 26, 2022
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No. 13 "Identity is a place to belong" - Michie Yasufuso, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of NPO ABC Japan
Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City: A city of multicultural coexistence Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, is the main …
Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 12, 2022
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No. 7: Yokohama Overseas Migration Museum, Renewal
A clue to understanding immigration and Nikkei The JICA Yokohama Overseas Migration Museum, known a…
Ryusuke Kawai • May 13, 2022
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My school years at St. Joseph College and work at CIA
My move from the boonies of Shikoku to the Tokyo-Yokohama area took place in 1950 after I graduated…
Robert H. Kono • Sept. 19, 2021
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Michitaro Ongawa: The First Japanese American Chicagoan - Part 1
On July 8, 1867, the Chicago Tribune reported a love story between a Chicago girl and a Japanese ac…
Takako Day • Dec. 7, 2016
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Real Ramen Is Finally Coming to Denver, and It’s About Time
I grew up in Japan when I was a kid, and have vivid memories of bowls of ramen and soba noodles s…
Gil Asakawa • Nov. 18, 2015
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Yokohama and California – Searching for Artifacts of Contemporary History - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> The Mother and Daughter: Life between Japan and USThe military personnel were not th…
Hiroshi Onishi • Nov. 15, 2012
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Yokohama and California – Searching for Artifacts of Contemporary History - Part 1
California and Yokohama Yokohama has a deep relationship with the United States of America, thanks …
Hiroshi Onishi • Nov. 8, 2012
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