Journal | Discover Nikkei

As You Like It

Kaori, 26, is part of an okonomiyaki family dynasty in Hiroshima. A regional specialty, okonomiyaki, literally meaning “as you iike …

Naomi Hirahara • Sept. 4, 2016 - Aug. 4, 2017

A true story “Brides in America”

This series traces back the life stories of women in a wide range of generations from a Japanese woman who …

Keiko Fukuda • June 30, 2016 - June 18, 2018

A Yonsei's Reflections...

Vicky Murakami-Tsuda is the Communications Production Manager for the Japanese American National Museum. She is a “self-proclaimed” yonsei from Southern …

Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda • Jan. 5, 2007 - March 31, 2016

Baishakunin, Inc.

"Baishakunin, Inc." is a new work of fiction from Naomi Hirahara the author of the Edgar Award-winning Mas Arai mystery series and …

Naomi Hirahara • Sept. 12, 2008 - Aug. 14, 2009

Bayonets and bulldozers: Isahama immigrants whose beautiful fields were stolen by the U.S. military

On July 19, 1955, ten years after the end of the war, the land and even the houses in Isahama, …

Rikuto Yamagata • July 23, 2018 - Aug. 20, 2018

Being Nikkei in Peru: A mark of identity

The Nikkei identity in Peru was built in a multiethnic and multicultural landscape. This historical experience was carried out while …

Doris Moromisato • Feb. 27, 2007 - Aug. 5, 2008

Canadian Nikkei Artist

Canadian Nikkei Artist series will focus on those in the Japanese Canadian community who are actively involved in the ongoing …

Norm Masaji Ibuki +1 • May 28, 2019 - Jan. 29, 2024

Canadian Nikkei Series

The inspiration for this new Canadian Nikkei interview series is the observance that the gulf between the pre-WW2 Japanese Canadian …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 13, 2014 - Nov. 20, 2018

Choices for Japanese People Living in America

Japanese people living between the United States and Japan were interviewed about life choices such as obtaining permanent residency and …

Keiko Fukuda • Oct. 2, 2020 - May 31, 2023

Collective Future

Victor Nishio Yasuoka experiments with Nikkei life in Peru. He asks himself, “What is being Nikkei?” so as to imagine …

Victor Nishio Yasuoka • April 29, 2008 - Dec. 6, 2012

COPANI & KNT (2007)

This is a series of reports and presentations from the Joint Convention of COPANI & KNT held July 18 - …

Harry K. Honda +9 • Nov. 23, 2007 - Feb. 14, 2008

Crazy about Japanese Culture: A series in which we ask "gaijin" (foreigners) who are experts in traditional Japanese culture about their fascination with the culture

Shamisen, pottery, poetry recitation, martial arts, kimono...Americans who are experts in these fields talk about their encounters with Japanese culture …

Keiko Fukuda • June 11, 2009 - Feb. 17, 2010