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Japan points out differences between people, America allows freedom I met Kei Mikal Payne when I i…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 1, 2022

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Mike & Tsuchino Forrester - Remembering the early days of an international marriage

What was it like for an Irish Catholic American man and a Japanese woman to get married during the …

Bruce Rutledge • May 13, 2019

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Kaoru Holiday, who moved to the U.S. in 1996 and currently lives in Yorktown, Virginia

Became a dental hygienist at Yokota Air Base and eloped with her husband Kaoru, who currently works…

Keiko Fukuda • April 4, 2018

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The Stories of the ‘War Brides’ of Japan Need to Be Told

One day in the early 1980s, my Japanese mother took my sister and me to an International District…

Yayoi Lena Winfrey • Aug. 1, 2016

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Hiromi Budej, who moved to the U.S. in 1981 and lives in Irvine, California

The encounter took place near the Futenma base. The environment surrounding Japanese women who move…

Keiko Fukuda • July 29, 2016

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Moved to the U.S. in 1956 and currently resides in Ontario, California: Fumiko Lopez - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Returning Home to Japan—and Her Father’s Rice Balls—for the…

Keiko Fukuda • July 1, 2016

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Moved to the U.S. in 1956 and currently resides in Ontario, California: Fumiko Lopez - Part 1

“He’s an honest person” was my first impression Thirty years ago I read a book t…

Keiko Fukuda • June 30, 2016

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日系人社会における市民権の問題について：「N・R・A・の米國」を読んで思ったこと

ロサンゼルスで1931年に加州毎日新聞社を立ち上げた藤井整は、1934年11月に「N・R・A・の米國附在米日本人の産業」を出版しました。1 彼がこの本を出版した主な目的は、世界恐慌のさな…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • May 5, 2014

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Mikal Payne moved to the US in 2016, overcame the death of her husband and found a new purpose

Mike & Tsuchino Forrester - Remembering the early days of an international marriage

Kaoru Holiday, who moved to the U.S. in 1996 and currently lives in Yorktown, Virginia

The Stories of the ‘War Brides’ of Japan Need to Be Told

Hiromi Budej, who moved to the U.S. in 1981 and lives in Irvine, California

Moved to the U.S. in 1956 and currently resides in Ontario, California: Fumiko Lopez - Part 2

Moved to the U.S. in 1956 and currently resides in Ontario, California: Fumiko Lopez - Part 1

日系人社会における市民権の問題について：「N・R・A・の米國」を読んで思ったこと