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Richard “Sonny” Tanabe, the Hawaiian Water Man

As Nikkei, each of us has various topics that interest us. Thus, we have some who have studied abou…

Alberto Teramoto Ohara • Feb. 18, 2025

aquatic sports athletes athletics fishing Hawai'i Hawai'i residents Olympic athletes Olympics sports swimming United States

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #For the 2028 Games: “Going for the Gold...”

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 10, 2024

athletics cartoonists cartoons comics competitions humor Olympics sports

On Nikkei

Part 50: Athletes and Japanese-Americans

A difficult choice of nationality Regarding the Paris Olympics, the Japanese media has been report…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 9, 2024

athletes athletics citizenship nationality Olympics racially mixed people sports

A wonderful challenge: reflections on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

It is wonderful what human beings can do when they set their minds to it. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Ga…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • May 24, 2024

athletics COVID-19 Japan Japanese Peruvians Olympic Games (2020, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Peru running skateboarding sports

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

In Remembrance of the Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami: An Interview with The Hidden Japan’s Derek Yamashita—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> GOING BEYOND DEREK’S TOHOKU WORK Your work at The Hidden Japan has expanded to …

Japanese American National Museum • March 11, 2023

2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan athletics California cultural identity Derek Yamashita generations group identity identity Japan JPquake2011 Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Southern California sports The Hidden Japan (firm) tourism United States Yonsei

Olympic History and Achievements: Nikkei Athletes from the Americas

In Peru, Nikkei contributions to art and gastronomy are what usually attract the most attention, an…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 25, 2022

athletes athletics exhibitions Mexico Olympics Peru sports United States

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Athens, 1896: "New Medal Sports..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 14, 2022

athletics cartoonists cartoons humor Olympics sports

Tokyo Olympics: Japan-born Brazilian Judo Representative - Eduardo Yuji's Challenge - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Hitting the wall of nationality and heading to an "unfamiliar homeland" After gradua…

Takahiko Yodo • July 22, 2021

athletics Brazil dekasegi Eduardo Yudy Santos foreign workers generations Japan judo martial arts Nikkei in Japan Olympics sports Yonsei

Tokyo Olympics: Japan-born Brazilian Judo Representative - Eduardo Yuji's Challenge - Part 1

On the 13th, I'll go to Shizuoka to "bring home a medal" "Carrying the hopes of my parents, those w…

Takahiko Yodo • July 21, 2021

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Tokyo’s Second Olympics Will Be Forever Remembered for Its Unique Circumstances

As I write this, the “2020” Tokyo Olympic Games are just two weeks away. It’s the second time the s…

Gil Asakawa • July 19, 2021

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