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@Stankirk
Nima of the month: June 2018

I grew up in a small conservative town in western Canada and am now teaching English at Konan University in Kobe, Japan. During my college days at the University of Calgary, I met a few Japanese Canadians, including an office administrator who was a sister-in-law to Joy Kogawa. After coming to Japan I was fortunate to come in contact with several fascinating Japanese Canadians who had been illegally deported to Japan after the war and have lived in Japan ever since. A couple years ago I started my present research on the life histories of these exiles and am finding it to be the most fulfilling research I have ever done. I hope to continue this research and eventually develop some English language education materials around these life histories.


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The Izumi Family Revisited: Living as Japanese Canadian Exiles in Postwar Japan
Chapter 1—Family Background and Pre-Exile Life in Canada
Introduction An earlier article on Discover Nikkei titled “A Japanese Canadian Child Exile: The Li…

Feb. 2, 2025


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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 5—Sisters’ Memories of Readjustment to Canada
Read Chapter 4 Having spent 10 years in postwar Japan and adjusting to life and the culture there,…

Jan. 5, 2025


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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 4—Return to Canada
Read Chapter 3 The return of the various members (except Tadasu) of the Eto family to Canada seems…

Dec. 29, 2024


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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 3—Sisters’ Recollections of Life in Japan
Read Chapter 2 Margaret’s Recollections Despite the tensions with relatives, there were some aspe…

Dec. 22, 2024


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The Eto Family History as Postwar Exiles to Japan
Chapter 2—Exile To Japan
Read Chapter 1 Decision to go to Japan Near the end of the war, the Canadian government gave the …

Dec. 15, 2024





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