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The Great Connector: Shirley Geok-Lin Lim’s Contributions to Japanese American Life

This week, Professor Shirley Geok-Lin Lim is celebrating a big birthday. She has not only disting…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 26, 2024

academics (persons) Asian American studies authors generations literature Malaysians Nisei poetry poets scholars Shirley Geok-Lin Lim writers

My 100th Article—A Five-Year Reflection

Since 2019, I have had the pleasure of writing for Discover Nikkei, and my time with them over thes…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 5, 2024

authors Discover Nikkei Greg Robinson Japanese American studies scholars writers

Junji Machi: Dream It, Believe in It, Achieve It!

When Junji Machi was ten years old, he already knew what he wanted to do in life. “My dream is to g…

Lois Kajiwara • Aug. 18, 2024

Hawai'i Honolulu medicine Oahu physicians scholars surgeries United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

Gene Oishi—A Memoir of a Friend

Gene Oishi’s passing draws the curtain on a unique Japanese American life. I will leave it to other…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 15, 2024

biographies fiction Fox Drum Bepop (book) Gene Oishi In Search of Hiroshi (book) memoirs memory novels remembrance scholars World War II

Gratitude for Art Hansen—“A Gifted Mentor and Inspiration”

Among specialists in Japanese American history, few have made such an enduring contribution as Arth…

Greg Robinson +1 • March 18, 2024

Arthur A. Hansen historians life interviews oral histories scholars

María Elena Ota Mishima: from forced concentration to El Colegio de México

María Elena Ota Mishima was the most important scholar of Japanese immigration in Mexico. His book …

Sergio Hernández Galindo • May 5, 2023

immigrants immigration Japanese Japanese in Mexico Japanese Mexicans Maria Elena Ota Mishima Mexico migration scholars

Paul Takagi: A Centenary Remembrance

May 3, 2023 marks the 100th birthday of the late Bay Area scholar and advocate Paul Takagi. As prof…

Greg Robinson • May 3, 2023

Berkeley California criminology friendship interpersonal relations Paul Takagi scholars United States universities University of California, Berkeley

History Lessons with Professor Masumi Izumi — Part 3: Postwar Community Revitalization and Redress Movement

Read Part 2 >> As a historian, Izumi says that the ongoing use of euphemistic language to descri…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 18, 2023

academics (persons) China colonization Doshisha University Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Kyoto (city) Manchuria Masumi Izumi Pacific Ocean scholars universities World War II

History Lessons with Professor Masumi Izumi — Part 2: Japanese American vs Japanese Canadian Internment/Incarceration

Read Part 1 >> Izumi first learned about the Japanese American incarceration experience in 1984: …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 11, 2023

academics (persons) China colonization Doshisha University Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Kyoto (city) Manchuria Masumi Izumi Pacific Ocean scholars universities World War II

History Lessons with Professor Masumi Izumi — Part 1: Family Background

I had the honour of interviewing History Professor Masumi Izumi earlier this year. Dr. Izumi is …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 4, 2023

academics (persons) China colonization Doshisha University Japanese Americans Japanese Canadians Kyoto (city) Manchuria Masumi Izumi Pacific Ocean scholars universities World War II

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