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From Privation to Prosperity, Unfailing Service to Others is Key
My father, Yoshio Kinjo, had zero toys as a child. Toys were a luxury in post-World War II Okinawa.…

Raymond Kinjo • Feb. 13, 2025

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business California economics family-owned businesses finance health insurance insurance life insurance management Okinawa Southern California United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
An anime helped me get recognized by a banker
My name is Arturo Wakabayashi and my Japanese name is Yoshio. It is very common in the Nikkei commu…

Arturo Wakabayashi • Nov. 20, 2024

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animation anime banking Discover Nikkei finance Japanese Peruvians names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Peru
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The Nikkei Strength is…Insurance?
What are some of the most important aspects of the Nikkei Community? You may say our familial ties,…

Erik Chu • Aug. 6, 2024

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Aihara & Associates Insurance Services business California Japanese American Community Leadership Council economics finance insurance management Nikkei Community Internship
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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei
Are Japanese-Americans living in Japan reaching retirement age?
A year and a half has passed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but in Japan, seminars on the issue…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Nov. 15, 2021

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finance insurance Nikkei in Japan pensions retirement social security
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Like His Ancestors, Stephen Kagawa Aims to Renovate a Broken Industry
The Next Generation As he strives to leave his mark on the unpredictable, coronavirus-era business…

Ida Yoshinaga • April 27, 2021

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books business economics finance Hawai'i library materials management publications Stephen Kagawa United States
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The owner of the Pacific Cooperative is the Nikkei society
In the late 1960s, Peru was governed by a left-wing military dictatorship that had closed the Peruv…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 9, 2020

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banking Carlos Chiyoteru Hiraoka cooperative banking cooperatives credit unions finance Nikkei Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #2153 Billionaires Now: "Moolah Mischief..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Sept. 14, 2019

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cartoonists cartoons finance humor money trivia
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The Morey Family: A Self-Guided Walking Tour through Little Tokyo History
Four generations of the Morey family have been a part of Little Tokyo’s business community. Three g…

Esther Newman +1 • Nov. 4, 2011

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business California communities economics families finance insurance Jack Shiro Morey Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Josh Morey Little Tokyo Los Angeles management Morey family United States
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Little Tokyo Community Profiles
Community Connections: Aihara Insurance’s 61-Year Commitment to Little Tokyo
Upon his return to Little Tokyo after World War II, veteran Luis K. Aihara found the community much…

Brittany-Marie Swanson • April 21, 2009

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Aihara & Associates Insurance Services California communities finance insurance interviews Japantowns Little Tokyo Los Angeles United States
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Little Tokyo Community Profiles
The Aihara Family
Doug Aihara, a third generation Japanese American, considers his family to be a “J-town family.” Wh…

Deborah Southern • April 16, 2009

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Aihara & Associates Insurance Services California communities finance insurance interviews Japantowns Little Tokyo Los Angeles United States
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