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Painting Lillian
Lillian Yano Blakey sits quietly in the darkness waiting for the curtains to rise at the world pr…
Reccia Mandelcorn • Dec. 20, 2024
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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
A Parent's Prayer Called a Name
Nice to meet you. I am Mizuno Katsuaki's mother, Mizuno Kanryou, also known as Mizuno Kumiko.
Mizu…
Kanryo (Kumiko) Mizuno • Nov. 17, 2024
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The Little Match Girl — Debut Ballet Performer Yurino Niyama
From the very young age of three, Yurino Niyama has always known she wanted to be a ballet dancer. …
Ashley Valdes • Dec. 6, 2023
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On Nikkei
Part 9: Vladivostok, the Japanese Footprints
The closest European country to Japan In the previous article (No. 8) , we mentioned the Japanese s…
Ryusuke Kawai • June 10, 2022
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Kimiko’s Pearl Tells One Family Story Over Four Generations
ST. CATHARINES — Japanese Canadian history has been thoughtfully explored through literature, poetr…
Kelly Fleck • Jan. 16, 2022
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Interview with Kaori Nakamura (Pacific Northwest Ballet School Faculty Member)
She puts on a fluffy dress, strides onto the romantic stage and dances splendidly. It’s the dream o…
The North American Post • Jan. 16, 2018
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Kawaii Ambassador of Brazil
Akemi Matsuda, second-generation Nikkei, had lived in Japan from 3 to 19 years old. There, she co…
Henrique Minatogawa • July 23, 2015
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The Nisei Project
The stories of the valiant all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Infantry Regiment of Wo…
Nancy Matsumoto • July 3, 2014
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100th Infantry Battalion
442nd Regimental Combat Team
armed forces
arts
ballet
Brooklyn
civilians
Club 100
Covenant Ballet Theater
dance
generations
Go for Broke (motto)
Harold Payne
Italy
Jake Shimabukuro
Marla Hirokawa
Monte Cassino
New York (state)
Nisei
Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941
retired military personnel
United States
United States Army
veterans
World War II
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