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Luciana Yamashiro: Plasticine Spirit

When playing with her partner's daughter, Luciana Yamashiro noticed that her dolls must be tire…

Javier García Wong-Kit • May 3, 2021

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artists Luciana Yamashiro miniature food Peru plasticine Plastilina Feliz (artist)

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Young artists in the new virtuality - Part 2

Read part 1 >> An empty wall is endless possibilities. This is how the plastic artist and cul…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 5, 2021

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artists arts Discover Nikkei Gian Akamine Mateo Kizuna 2020 (series) Peru Tach Maeshiro Watanabe Tetsu Tokumine Palomino Young Nikkei Art Salon (exhibition) youth

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Young artists in the new virtuality – Part 1

2020 has been an especially hard year for artists and other cultural protagonists in Peru. To the c…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Jan. 28, 2021

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artists arts José Asato José Miguel Maesaka Takahesu Peru Tammy Chion Fujishima Young Nikkei Art Salon (exhibition) youth

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yuriko Tanaka: body language

There is a common phrase that says that “the performance must continue” and that phrase seems to re…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Jan. 4, 2021

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artists arts La Casa Flexible Mexico modern art Ojalá performance art Yuriko Tanaka

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Power of Our Stories

Michelle Kumata, A Japanese-American Artist with Brazilian Ancestral Roots

Seattle native Michelle Kumata’s artistic journey has taken her across the country to New Y…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Nov. 23, 2020

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artists arts human geography identity Japanese Americans Japanese Brazilian Diaspora Project Japanese Brazilians Japanese diaspora Michelle Kumata

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Taking Flight After The Tumult

Little Tokyo and yearning for meaning and hope in the power of place. A bird taking flight. Littl…

Gwen Muranaka • July 3, 2020

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artists Buddhism California Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple Little Tokyo Los Angeles religions United States

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Five young Nikkei artists share experiences

“ Komorebi ” means “sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees.” It was…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • April 17, 2020

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artists Daniela Tokashiki exhibitions Hawaii Japanese Americans Meche Tomotaki Nikkei Nori Kobayashi Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Sachiko Kobayashi Tamie Tokuda United States

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The French (Nikkei) Connection: Japanese Americans in Midcentury Paris

My recent article on the French-born mixed-race Japanese writer Kikou Yamata, whose works were publ…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 28, 2019

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artists France generations Nisei Paris World War II

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

What spirits whisper...

This month we are treated to two highly-lauded, accomplished writers and community heroes – N…

Stan Yogi +2 • Oct. 17, 2019

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authors Discover Nikkei +LAB Artists-in-Residence literature Little Tokyo Service Center Naomi Hirahara Nikkei Uncovered (series) photographs photography poetry poets religion spirits Stan Yogi supernatural

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Yellow Bowls And The Ugly Wartime History They Symbolize

The 120 bowls in varying shades of yellow are being taken to camps where innocent Japanese-American…

Denby Fawcett • Oct. 4, 2019

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