@Greg
I am a native New Yorker who is Professor of History at l'Université du Québec À Montréal, a French-language institution in Montreal, Canada. In addition to writing multiple books on Japanese American and Japanese Caandian history, I write the regular historical column "The Great Unknown" for the NICHI BEI WEEKLY newspaper.
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Pulling a Fast one? E.V. Cunningham and the Masuto Mysteries
Some time ago, I published a column in Nichi Bei News discussing writer Len Zinberg, who wrote a sh…
Dec. 5, 2024
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Greg Robinson’s Take on Jonathan’s 100th Column
Now that my friend and collaborator Jonathan van Harmelen is publishing his 100th column for Discov…
Nov. 6, 2024
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Kazuo Tashiro and Mitsuko Tashiro Laforet: Brother and Sister Doctors
This is the final instalment of my series of articles on the remarkable Tashiro family. Today I wil…
Sept. 24, 2024
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 8: Kiyo Tashiro—Physician and Athlete
This is the latest installment of my series on the remarkable Tashiro family. In my next columns,…
Aug. 28, 2024
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Gene Oishi—A Memoir of a Friend
Gene Oishi’s passing draws the curtain on a unique Japanese American life. I will leave it to other…
Aug. 15, 2024
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 7 (2): Shiro Tashiro—Groundbreaking Biologist
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Throughout the prewar years, Dr. Shiro Tashiro ranked among the most renowned Americ…
July 25, 2024
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The Amazing Tashiro Family
Part 7 (1): Shiro Tashiro—Groundbreaking Biologist
In previous Discover Nikkei columns, I have told the story of Aijiro and Nao Tashiro and their five…
July 11, 2024
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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered
Part IV—After Pearl Harbor
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Ken Nakazawa was arrested by FBI agents on December 7, 1941, in the wake of Japan…
June 2, 2024
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1940s
ABC list
biographies
California
concentration camps
Department of Justice camps
enemy aliens
Fort Missoula internment camp
journalism
Ken Nakazawa
Montana
MS Gripsholm (ship)
noncitizens
Pearl Harbor attack, Hawaii, 1941
persons
repatriation
Terminal Island
United States
World War II
World War II camps
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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered
Part III—the 1930s
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Ken Nakazawa would have defined himself as an internationalist. Throughout his ca…
May 26, 2024
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Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered
Part II—Prewar Cultural Arbiter
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Although Ken Nakazawa achieved a modicum of public fame in the 1920s from his plays…
May 19, 2024
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