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An Active Voice: The New Republic’s Reportage on the Incarceration - Part 2

Read part 1 >> Along with publishing the opinions of intellectuals and government officials, The New Republic remained one of the few mainstream periodicals to …

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An Active Voice: The New Republic’s Reportage on the Incarceration - Part 1

In November 2020, I published an article for Discover Nikkei addressing The New Yorker’s coverage of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. Although the magazine’s wartime …

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明治初期に南米公演した軽業師・ブラジルに住んだ最初の日本人は誰か？ － その２

その１を読む＞＞ 1873年５月にサンパウロで公演？ 1873（明治６）年１、２月にウルグアイで公演し、翌３月には亜国ブエノス・アイレス市の...

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Cole Kawana: JANM and the Power of Artificial Intelligence

“A snapshot of human memory.”  That’s what 23-year-old Cole Kawana likes to call one of the Japanese American National Museum’s newest exhibits, The Interactive StoryFile …

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明治初期に南米公演した軽業師・ブラジルに住んだ最初の日本人は誰か？ － その１

ブラジルに最初に足を踏み入れた日本人は、1803年にサンタカタリーナ島にロシア軍艦で着いた、若宮丸の漂流民４人であった。だが彼らは通過しただけだ...

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 1

It is a commonplace that the presence and contributions of racial minorities have been too long and thoroughly erased from the writing of America’s history. …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #A Trip to 3020 A.D.: "Trippin' with Morpheus..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Random Places I go to when I Dream...” Check back …

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Takeshi Morita: un pescador mexicano retenido en los campos de concentración norteamericanos

El 7 de diciembre de 1941 el ataque japonés a la flota norteamericana asentada en Hawái dio inicio a la guerra entre ambos países. De …

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Nikkei al descubierto: una columna de poesía

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It is a wonderful thing to be able to start the year with weather and words that are crisp, refreshing, new. This is the energy …

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The Legendary Waffle Dog and the Japanese American Family Behind It

What is a waffle dog? In Hawaii, this hand-food looks something like a long UFO—basically a hot dog encased in a waffle with delectable crispy …