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Working to nurture a new generation—Nova Vita Foundation

Leadership for kids Based in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, there is an organization that wo…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 25, 2024

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Yumi Aoyama, a new second-generation Japanese-American born and raised in the United States who spent four and a half years in Japan after graduating from college

New Nisei-ness I was born and raised in Japan and moved to America, so I am what they call a "new f…

Keiko Fukuda • July 3, 2023

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Tsutomu and Misa Igarashi travel to the US to make their children surfers

Migration gives children the gift of a place to be born Igarashi Kanoa is a top surfer who won a si…

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 8, 2023

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Politics, Taiko, and Nikkei Activism with Kota Mizutani

Introduction Kota Mizutani grew up in rural Sonoma County, California, where he gradually became…

Kimiko Medlock • Sept. 30, 2022

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The Death that Changed Japan Forever

Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, was assassinated on July 8, 2022. Almost immedi…

Lana Kobayashi • Aug. 1, 2022

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Toyota USA’s Christopher Yang, a Nisei Born in Southern California

Motivation to Study Japanese The reason why Nisei children who were born in the U.S. go to Japanes…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 21, 2020

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Negotiating Place

Here we have a first for the Nikkei Uncovered poetry column - a collaborative piece between two won…

Sophia Inaba +2 • April 18, 2019

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On a Soul-Searching Journey with Kishi Bashi

Kishi Bashi at the Skirball Cultural Center on August 23, 2018. Striding onto the Skirball Cultura…

Sharon Yamato • Nov. 8, 2018

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Drummer Immersed the World of Jazz – Bernie Arai Is Steadfast in His Pursuit

Is Japanese Canadian Bernie Arai a pioneering jazz drummer? Answering this question during a rece…

Masaki Watanabe • Aug. 2, 2016

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Little Kunoichi Is Kid-Tested, Kid-Approved

A children’s book about a tiny ninja girl—do I need to say anything else? There are tiny watercol…

Tamiko Nimura • Jan. 15, 2016

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