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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Politics, Taiko, and Nikkei Activism with Kota Mizutani
Kimiko Medlock
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Emily Teraoka: Inspiring Conversations through public service at Minidoka National Historic Site
Kimiko Medlock
Emily Teraoka grew up around both the Japanese and Mexican cultures that are part of her heritage, but they were sprinkled into a mix of quintessentially American things—country music, pickup trucks, weekend sports, and big Halloween parties around her family’s home in Fresno, California. It wasn’t until college that she …

New Film Paper Chase Tells the Story of Japanese American Media
Kimiko Medlock
Japanese and Japanese American newspapers have been faithfully chronicling the history of the Japanese immigrant community since the late 1800s in the United States and Canada. Organizations such as The Rafu Shimpo (founded in Los Angeles, in 1903), among many others, have gathered Japanese American stories and used them to …