My long-held hobby of receiving shortwave broadcasts has led me to research the history of Japanese language radio broadcasting in Japanese communities.

Fourth generation Nikkei Peruvian. Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University (Japan).

Marsha Takeda-Morrison is a third-generation Japanese-American writer living in Los Angeles with her husband and two teenage daughters. She chronicles her family’s life on her personal blog, Sweatpantsmom, writes about parenting for Mom.me and dishes on teen celebrities for Celebrity Teen Scoop. She frequently covers pop culture and has interviewed the likes of Paris Hilton, Jessica Alba, Kim Kardashian and Mila Kunis. While she spends a lot of time in Hollywood she has never had plastic surgery, given birth to an actor’s child or tried out for the cast of ‘Glee.’ Yet.

Immigrated to Canada in 1986. BA in Sociology from Waseda University. A freelance writer for the Japanese media; a regular columnist for Vancouver-based JCCA Bulletin and Fraser Journal since 2012. Former Japanese editor of the Nikkei Voice (1989-2012). Co-founder of the Katari Japanese Storytellers since 1994. Lecturer on the Nikkei history at various universities in Japan. His translation Horonigai Shori, the Japanese edition of Bittersweet Passage by Maryka Omatsu was awarded The 4th Canadian Prime Minister Award for Publishing in 1993.

20 years old, currently living in Guarulhos, São Paulo. Son of Marlon Miyazato and Patricia Vidal.

Scholar of Japanese American literature, especially that produced during and after the incarceration. Author of THAT DAMNED FENCE: THE LITERATURE OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN PRISON CAMPS (Oxford UP, 2022)

Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a non-profit organization of active young citizens between the ages of 18 and 40 who are committed and involved in making an impact in their communities. JCI members are active citizens from all walks of life who embrace new ideas, collaboration, and diversity. Active citizens are people who care about the future of our world. Our projects include partnerships with other organizations, focused on more social and cultural issues, but also on the development of our members themselves.