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The Nikkei community of Cuba
In Cuba there is a long history of descendants of Japanese citizens, and this places them within th…
Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • Dec. 6, 2024
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
My Name is Kenichi Fujishiro
At the beginning of the 20th century, Santiago de Cuba, a city located in the southeastern part of …
Lidia Antonia Sánchez Fujishiro • Oct. 27, 2024
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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: My Japanese Family’s Migration to Cuba - Part 2
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Alicia’s sister, Josefa (Sizue) Yoshimura, was two years younger, and had two “boyf…
Chris Cheng • Aug. 30, 2016
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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: My Japanese Family’s Migration to Cuba - Part 1
I would like to take the opportunity to tell the tale of my great grandfather who traveled from Jap…
Chris Cheng • Aug. 29, 2016
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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: Strengthening the Japanese Cuban Community
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There are a number of impediments which inhibit Japanese Cuban u…
Chris Cheng • Aug. 23, 2016
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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: The Future
The future of a culture often relies on its ties to the past. Many Japanese Cubans do not have stro…
Chris Cheng • Aug. 22, 2016
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Excerpt from Japanese Cubans: Past, Present, and Future: World War II — Cuba Allies with the United States
One lesser known fact about Cuban history is that the United States and Cuba were allies during W…
Chris Cheng • Aug. 16, 2016
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Francisco Miyasaka On Being a Cuban Nisei - Part 3 of 3
Read Part 2 >> Working at the Cuban Embassy in Tokyo At the beginning of the revolution in 1959, he…
Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 15, 2013
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