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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?

Looking Back—A Sansei Reflects on Names and Identity

It seems weird to me, now, but I never asked them. I never asked my parents why they chose, from th…

Nov. 25, 2024

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Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Yes, It Matters: Nisei Cuisine and Japanese American Identity

I have, for years, advocated the celebration and codification of a uniquely Japanese American cultu…

Oct. 6, 2017

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Photography and the Japanese American Memory on Exhibit at New Jersey College - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Kevin J. Miyazaki grew up in Wisconsin, aware that his father’s family had been inte…

March 21, 2014

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Photography and the Japanese American Memory on Exhibit at New Jersey College - Part 1

As Japanese Americans, we can state, without much argument, that we have a shared history.Specific …

March 20, 2014

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

Japanese and Jewish Food Come Home to Brooklyn

Sawako Okochi has always had a sense of adventure. When she finished high school in Hiroshima and h…

Aug. 27, 2013

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Pan Asian Repertory’s Plays in Progress Gives Life to “No-No Boy”

Two months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued…

Nov. 29, 2012

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Oshogatsu - A Japanese Tradition in America

When I met Julie, we shared a desire to keep our house open to our friends and community as much as…

Jan. 3, 2012

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