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Yo! This is Who I Am: Kevin Charles Keizuchi of The Shinsei Movement—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> “So where did you come from? Like you just kind of appeared out of nowhere. What’s …

Kevin Charles Keizuchi • April 25, 2024

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Yo! This is Who I Am: Kevin Charles Keizuchi of The Shinsei Movement—Part 1

If information is power, then shouldn’t we all strive for all the people in our community to feel p…

Kevin Charles Keizuchi • April 24, 2024

California communities families festivals Fumiko Christine Naito grandmothers grandparents identity Instagram Japanese Americans Kevin Charles Keizuchi Little Tokyo Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) online social networks parents social networks United States

I Am a Rainbow! - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> A particular dance enthusiast who joined in on one of Kanemura’s epic Instagram dan…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • May 15, 2023

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I Am a Rainbow! - Part 1

Darkness sets the stage. Costumes are prepped. Souvenirs are ready to be sold. A sold-out crowd wai…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • May 14, 2023

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Windy City Nikkei: Bite-sized glimpses of Japanese American Chicago

With a family of six and a full-time job, researching and writing full-length articles about family…

Erik Matsunaga • May 21, 2019

Chicago history Illinois Instagram Japanese Americans online social networks social media social networks United States Windy City Nikkei (project)

Distinguished Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement and Public Service: George Takei

George Hosato Takei was born in Los Angeles in 1937 to an Issei father, Takekuma Norman Takei, an…

Carol Cheh • May 15, 2015

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The Accidental Actor: On Location with the Cast and Crew of Infinity and Chashu Ramen

I have spent a great deal of my life trying not to be conspicuous. Maybe it’s the result of my pain…

Ben Arikawa • Dec. 6, 2011

Asian American films Ben Arikawa Benkyodo (confectionery store) California confectioneries Facebook films Hiroshi Kashiwagi Japantowns Kerwin Berk movies Northern California online social networks San Francisco social networks United States

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Reflections on Alexandra Wallace and the "Remember Pearl Harbor" Gang

In one weekend, a video posted by UCLA student Alexandra Wallace exploded all over YouTube, spurrin…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • March 18, 2011

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Collective Future

Facebook-Jin-Kai

I WANT TO CREATE Peru FacebookJinKai... ALL VIRTUAL, WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OR TOMBOLS OR …

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • July 13, 2010

Facebook online social networks Peru social networks

A Yonsei’s Reflections...

on What the Universe is Telling Me

“Seek out the significance of your problem at this time. Try to understand.” —fortune from a recent…

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Oct. 2, 2008

communities Facebook Masumoto Family Farm online social networks peach farms social networks

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