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It was only a year ago that artist traci kato-kiriyama (they + she) launched their second book, Nav…

Edna Horiuchi • April 10, 2023

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Japanese Americans and the American with Disabilities Act - Part 2

Read Pat 1 >> The Americas with Disabilities Act Decades later, Inouye and Matsunaga became…

Selena Moon • Dec. 7, 2021

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Japanese Americans and the American with Disabilities Act - Part 1

The fight of disability rights in the United States has included several Japanese-American citize…

Selena Moon • Dec. 6, 2021

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A Story for Us

I didn’t know who I was truly writing for until my father read my book. I had just receive…

Julie Abe • Oct. 26, 2020

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Kyo Maclear’s New Childrens’ Book Tells The Story of a Nisei Trailblazer

Author Gyo Fujikawa‘s books have been read, shared and loved by generations of families all o…

Kelly Fleck • Nov. 25, 2019

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JAPAN AND SWITZERLAND: Similar in their differences

The poet Mário Quintana once said: “ traveling is changing the clothes of the soul! “ Traveling is …

Katsuo Higuchi • Sept. 26, 2018

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Behind Barbed Wire – Part 2

Read Part 1 >> THE OUTBREAK OF WAR I bid farewellto the faces of my sleeping childrenAs I…

Lane Ryo Hirabayashi +1 • Sept. 6, 2018

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Behind Barbed Wire – Part 1

Editor’s Note: The words and phrases used to describe Japanese American history vary conside…

Lane Ryo Hirabayashi +1 • Sept. 5, 2018

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‘Historical portrait’ adeptly conveys Nikkei’s lifestory

One of my favorite songs by country singer Hank Williams, Jr. — whose political and social …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Oct. 20, 2017

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Rebel With a Cause: The Doc Nikaido Story

When Dr. Harry Nikaido passed away on November 11, 1975, the town of Bow Island, Alberta lost not o…

John Endo Greenaway • Sept. 27, 2016

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Navigating With(out) Instruments: traci kato-kiriyama’s art for love, hope, and healing