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Dekasegi Story
Episode 47 (Part 1) "I want to go home, but I can't"
Eiji, the eldest son of two older sisters, was told by his parents to become a doctor in the future…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • April 18, 2024

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Brazil dekasegi families fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan
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“LA Rising” in Little Tokyo with Robert Vargas
On March 27, 2024, Robert Vargas’ newest mural, “LA Rising,” was unveiled in the …

Kristopher Kato • April 16, 2024

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artists baseball baseball fields Boyle Heights California communities Hispanic LA Rising (mural) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Los Angeles Dodgers Miyako Hotel Los Angeles muralists painters Robert Vargas Shohei Ohtani United States
artists baseball baseball fields Boyle Heights California communities Hispanic LA Rising (mural) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Los Angeles Dodgers Miyako Hotel Los Angeles muralists painters Robert Vargas Shohei Ohtani United States
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Who Was The First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?
Manzo Nagano (Part 2) — Did He Come in 1877?
Read Part 1 >> In Nagano’s hometown, Kuchinotsu (near Nagasaki), the local museum…

Ann-Lee Switzer +1 • April 15, 2024

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Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Manzo Nagano migration Nagasaki Prefecture
Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Manzo Nagano migration Nagasaki Prefecture
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Toshi Sato, the world's best Mercedes Benz salesman who moved to the US in 1996
A frog jumping out of a well Many of the Japanese who come to America, the so-called Shin-Issei,…

Keiko Fukuda • April 15, 2024

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automobile dealerships California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Long Beach Mercedes-Benz migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II
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Who Was The First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?
Manzo Nagano (Part 1) — Did He Come in 1877?
Reconciling Conflicting Claims Japanese began settling in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th c…

Ann-Lee Switzer +1 • April 14, 2024

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Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Manzo Nagano migration Nagasaki Prefecture
Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese Canadians Kyushu Manzo Nagano migration Nagasaki Prefecture
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #First Uttered in 1600's: "Modern Golems..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 13, 2024

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cartoonists cartoons humor robotics robots
cartoonists cartoons humor robotics robots
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 6: Sabro and Arthur Tashiro - Multitalented Brothers
In this column, I will round out my history of the amazing family of Aijiro and Nao Tashiro by disc…

Greg Robinson • April 12, 2024

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Arthur Isoku Tashiro medical schools Saburo Tashiro United States Army
442nd Regimental Combat Team Arthur Isoku Tashiro medical schools Saburo Tashiro United States Army
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Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today
Part 11: Panamedical Sistema, a company founded by a man who left his post in Japan
In this 11th installment, we spoke with Katsuhide Itagaki (75, Hokkaido), president of Panamedical …

Tomoko Oura • April 12, 2024

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Brazil import businesses Japanese business enterprises São Paulo
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U.S. Mint Begins Shipping Patsy Mink Quarter
Groundbreaking Hawaii congresswoman recognized on the quarter. The United States Mint began ship…

The Rafu Shimpo • April 11, 2024

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American Women Quarters Program Hawaii Patsy Takemoto Mink Title IV United States United States Congress United States Representative
American Women Quarters Program Hawaii Patsy Takemoto Mink Title IV United States United States Congress United States Representative
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“Little Benedict Arnolds in Skirts”: The Shitara Sisters’ Scandalous WWII Treason Trial
In late 1943, three Japanese American sisters helped two German prisoners of war escape from a sout…

Nina Nobuko Wallace • April 10, 2024

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Colorado Germans prisoners prisoners of war Shitara sisters United States
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