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Sow in Japan, harvest in Peru
Jorge Vargas Tsuruda's first experience in Japan was amazing. He was a teenager (still in schoo…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 23, 2023

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dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Nikkei in Japan Peru
dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Nikkei in Japan Peru
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Toshio Aoki: The Wandering Meiji Artist and Father of Tsuru Aoki
A month ago, I visited the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento during a weekend trip to the city. In …

Jonathan van Harmelen • July 26, 2023

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artists arts California Japanese paintings Pasadena Toshio Aoki Tsuru Aoki United States
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On Nikkei
#14 Walking around ethnic town Tsurumi
Okinawa and South America intersect Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward, home to a large community of Japan…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 26, 2022

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Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Nikkei in Japan Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama
Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Nikkei in Japan Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama
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On Nikkei
No. 13 "Identity is a place to belong" - Michie Yasufuso, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of NPO ABC Japan
Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City: A city of multicultural coexistence Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, is the main …

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 12, 2022

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ABC Japan (organization) Brazil Brazilians in Japan dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michie Yasufuso multiculturalism Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama
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On Nikkei
Part 8: Vladivostok, the footsteps of Japanese
The relationship between Japan and Russia has worsened since Russia invaded Ukraine in February thi…

Ryusuke Kawai • May 27, 2022

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Fukui (city) Fukui Prefecture Japan Russia Tsuruga city Vladivostok
Fukui (city) Fukui Prefecture Japan Russia Tsuruga city Vladivostok
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
“A Deep Collective Feeling”: Emily Akpan, Black-Nikkei Activist Hero
Emily Akpan is a Black-Nikkei activist living in Brooklyn, New York. She has been active in many so…

Tamiko Nimura • March 29, 2022

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activism Black-Nikkei Emily Akpan New York (state) racially mixed people social action Tsuru for Solidarity (organization) United States
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Quiet Warriors
Mitsuru Takahashi
“[A] Bronze Star doesn’t really mean very much. Every soldier that was overseas got i…

Mikiko Amagai • April 21, 2021

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442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces Europe Mitsuru Takahashi retired military personnel United States Army veterans
442nd Regimental Combat Team armed forces Europe Mitsuru Takahashi retired military personnel United States Army veterans
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Charanporan Association, run by the senior generation Shin-Issei
"I have to do something." One day, an acquaintance of mine, Shinya Miyata, a former pres…

Keiko Fukuda • March 8, 2021

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Akira Tsurukame California Charanporan no Kai (organization) generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kinichi Torii Los Angeles magazines migration older people postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #8—Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations
Cynthia: A thousand cranes, a cherry blossom and the transience of life
Since I can remember, like everyone who was born in Peru in the nineties, Japan has been very prese…

Marco Carrasco Villanueva • Oct. 9, 2019

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cherry blossoms Discover Nikkei heroes loss Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Heroes (series) origami paper cranes Peru tsuru
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Author Andrea Tsurumi on kindness and the role of uncertainty in art and cultural identity - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Monnier: How do you describe your identity when you describe yourself? What w…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Feb. 12, 2019

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Andrea Tsurumi anxiety artists authors baking books communities cooking emotions hapa identity illustrators library materials publications racially mixed people
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