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Art always unites and, sometimes, surprises in complicated situations such as the quarantine that s…

Javier García Wong-Kit • June 15, 2020

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A Japanese Canadian Teenage Exile: The Life History of Takeshi (Tak) Matsuba

Part 5: Career in the Private Sector - Amerex & Sogo Department Store

Employment with Amerex As the Japanese economy began to re-emerge during the postwar years, there …

Stanley Kirk • April 6, 2020

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J-town Beat: A Bowl Of Katsudon

There are some annoyances to spending most days in Little Tokyo: the traffic, the constant construc…

Gwen Muranaka • April 8, 2019

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Akemi Kasuga: “It is important to have the opportunity to help the community”

Carlos Kasuga Osaka is one of the most recognized Latin American Nikkei for his philanthropic work …

Harumi Nako Fuentes +1 • Sept. 12, 2018

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Revisiting Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray: An Interview with Robert Nakamura and Karen Ishizuka

Fifteen years after its 2001 release, the award-winning documentary film Toyo Miyatake: Infinite …

Nancy Matsumoto • May 6, 2016

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How West L.A. Became a Haven for Japanese-Americans

Long Before It Was the Westside’s Ramen Epicenter, Sawtelle Boulevard Bustled with Japanese-O…

Naomi Hirahara • April 23, 2015

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Tak Matsuba’s Odyssey from Vancouver to Osaka - Part 1

“In the 1945-1946 school year, Miss Haruko Ito taught us grade 7, but she left us before th…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 19, 2014

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

Ted Tokio Tanaka: Meeting Architectural Challenges with a Global Vision

One of the first sights a visitor to Los Angeles will see are the giant glowing pillars arranged ar…

Meher McArthur • Aug. 9, 2013

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Exhibition: Hirokazu Kosaka’s interpretation of 12th century scroll

When his fellow classmates in Wakayama, Japan, were engulfed in reading the popular manga of the da…

Shigeharu Higashi • Dec. 14, 2010

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日系人社会における「分裂」について

今回は、誰もが言及したくない話題について、あえて言及したいと思います。その目的は、読者にたいして特定の考え方を押しつけるためではなく、現在進行形で発生している問題の「核心」について一緒に考えてみたい…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • Dec. 4, 2013

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Art always unites: drawing for children — the coloring book