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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
In the footsteps of the different nomenclatures
Over time I realized that they called me by different names. It was like juggling identities: I was…
Emi Kasamatsu • Nov. 14, 2024
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John Azama: The Peruvian Nikkei Who Revitalized Ryukyu Damashii, the Eisa Group of Dallas-Fort Worth
“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin pr…
Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Feb. 16, 2024
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Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)
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bicultural identity
biculturalism
communities
Dallas
eisa (dance)
folk dances
generations
identity
Japan
Japanese American communities
Japanese Americans
Japanese Peruvians
John Azama
Lima
music
Okinawa
Okinawans
Peru
Ryukyu Damashii (performance group)
singers
Texas
Uchinanchu
United States
Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)
Yonsei
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 6
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As Dean of the School of Education at Nagoya University what are your responsibilit…
Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 22, 2023
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Canadian Nikkei Series
Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 5
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I remember well when I first went to Japan in the '90s and how that changed how I r…
Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 15, 2023
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Across Oceans
My parents met in Osaka when Mum was in her final year of school and Dad was a university student. …
Yuki Kawakami • Oct. 5, 2021
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JAJA: A Home Away From Home for Japanese Americans and Japanese in New York
I lived in Manhattan for 13 years before I went to my first JAJA meeting. An acronym for Japanese A…
Nancy Matsumoto • June 19, 2014
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2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan
biculturalism
communities
Donna Tsufura
earthquakes
East Coast (U.S.)
food
George Hirose
hurricanes
Hurricane Sandy, 2012
Japan
Jennifer Takaki
Julie Azuma
LGBTQ+
New York (state)
people
Redress movement
Stann Nakazono
Susan Onuma
Tamio Spiegel
Tohoku Region (Japan)
United States
2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan
biculturalism
communities
Donna Tsufura
earthquakes
East Coast (U.S.)
food
George Hirose
hurricanes
Hurricane Sandy, 2012
Japan
Jennifer Takaki
Julie Azuma
LGBTQ+
New York (state)
people
Redress movement
Stann Nakazono
Susan Onuma
Tamio Spiegel
Tohoku Region (Japan)
United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
How I became "bicultural": What I learned about "bicultural" through Japanese food culture
How is a "bicultural" personality formed? In Japanese society, the importance of intercultural unde…
Takamichi "Taka" Go • Oct. 15, 2012
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Japanese education across the ocean
Part 15: Conclusion
I have recently returned to Brazil after spending a year and a half in Japan for research abroad. I…
Sachio Negawa • Aug. 30, 2011
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A Japanese American in Japan
First and foremost, a little about myself. I’m one of those “self proclaimed” fourth-generation Jap…
Mike Omoto • April 4, 2011
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