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The “village of miracles” and the “promised land” - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> A new beginning in Brazil Rural poverty plagued Japan during the early 20th century,…

Edson Hiroshi Aoki • Aug. 11, 2021

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The “village of miracles” and the “promised land” - Part 1

It is common to hear among Nikkei Brazilians that we are “Japanese in Brazil” and “Brazilians in Ja…

Edson Hiroshi Aoki • Aug. 10, 2021

Brazil Christianity families Fukuoka Prefecture Imamura Catholic Church Imamura village Japan São Paulo

Internment of Japanese Americans on Angel Island during World War II

Wakijiro Yuki's Detention Because of Kendo

Wakijiro Yahiro was born on April 8, 1885, in Kamisaigo-mura, a little fishing and farming villag…

Marissa Shoji • April 21, 2020

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Sadaharu Nishio, owner of Green Paradise Farm, which grows Japanese vegetables in Southern California

In the 1970s, he went to Oregon for agricultural training. We usually see Japanese vegetables in Ja…

Keiko Fukuda • May 20, 2016

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Voices of the Volunteers: The Building Blocks of the Japanese American National Museum

Kihachiro Tajima

Kimio Tajima was an American-born Nisei, but he died a Japanese soldier, while at war in New Guinea…

The Rafu Shimpo • Feb. 8, 2016

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Kikue Harada, an obaachan of arms to take

“What for?” Kikue Harada asks several times. It is not explained why there is so much commotion aro…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • July 16, 2014

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Imamura Church

Edson Aoki, a Japanese Brazilian, whom I just got to know, visited Tachiarai1, Fukuoka recently. Ta…

Rio Imamura • June 11, 2013

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My Trip to the Orient - Part 8

Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Wo…

Alyssa Erin Woo • Sept. 17, 2010

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My Trip to the Orient - Part 7

Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Wo…

Alyssa Erin Woo • Sept. 10, 2010

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My Trip to the Orient - Part 6

Editor’s Note: This series of articles is taken from a diary kept by Nikkei Canadian Alyssa Erin Wo…

Alyssa Erin Woo • Sept. 3, 2010

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