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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 4 (1): Aiji Tashiro—Writer and Athlete
The most eminent of the five children of Aijiro and Nao Tashiro was certainly their son Aiji (prono…

Greg Robinson • March 4, 2024

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Cincinnati Connecticut generations Nisei Ohio Seattle United States Washington
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Kazuo Yakura—First Japanese American to Serve in the U.S. Secret Service
Born in 1936 in Los Angeles, California, Kazuo Yakura always dreamed of serving in law enforcement.…

Teri Lim • March 1, 2024

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generations Kazuo Yakura Nisei United States Secret Service
generations Kazuo Yakura Nisei United States Secret Service
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Dekasegi Story
Episode 46: Who is Rihana in the painting?
On her 27th birthday, Hana got married to her husband, Eiji, who was three years younger than her a…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Feb. 27, 2024

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Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan
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Alan Nishio—The Fighter Who Kept Defying the Odds
The first time I realized Alan Nishio’s health was in decline was on November 19, 2022 when I…

Guy Aoki • Feb. 26, 2024

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Alan Nishio civil rights communities health Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress redress movement
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 6—Life after Retirement and Vision for the Japanese Canadian Community
Read Chapter 5 >> From 2019 Shig and Akemi gradually started to retire from their groce…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 25, 2024

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British Columbia Burnaby Canada generations Japan Japanese Canadians Japanese prefectural associations Kika Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Nisei Shiga Prefecture youth
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 5—Struggle to Adjust
Read Chapter 4 >> In stark contrast to Shig, who had previously lived in Canada till ag…

Stan Kirk • Feb. 18, 2024

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barbering British Columbia Canada exiles families family histories genealogy generations Japanese Canadians Kika Nisei schools Vancouver (B.C.)
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Remembrance
In the spirit of “remembrance” with Day Of Remembrance programs happening all around th…

Carolee Okamoto +2 • Feb. 15, 2024

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Carolee Okamoto Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka literature poems poetry tributes
Carolee Okamoto Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka literature poems poetry tributes
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President of the Peruvian-Japanese Association in a year for history
2024 will be a big year for the Nikkei community in Peru because it celebrates the 125th anniversar…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 12, 2024

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anniversaries immigration Japan Japanese Peruvian Association Japanese Peruvians Juan Carlos Nakasone Peru
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 4—Return to Canada
Read Chapter 3 >> Arrival in Vancouver At some point in the mid-1950s, Hyoshiro and Fujiye …

Stan Kirk • Feb. 11, 2024

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Canada families generations Hirai family Japan Japanese Canadians Kika Nisei Miki Hirai Nisei Shiga Prefecture Shigeru Hirai Taga (Shiga, Japan)
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Is Your Family From Ucluelet on The West Coast of Vancouver Island?
Ucluelet occupies a special place in Japanese Canadian history. Beginning in 1916-20, as Japanese C…

Paul Kariya +1 • Feb. 8, 2024

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aquatic sports British Columbia Canada fishing Japanese Canadians prewar Vancouver Island
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