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A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America - Excerpt Part 2

>> Part 1 As important as that initial goal is, this book has a greater purpose: to expand the contours of discussion on Japanese American …

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Discover Nikkei at COPANI XV - Uruguay 2009

Reflections on "Being Nikkei"

1. THE ‘NIKKEI’ CONCEPT: When, beginning in 1869, groups of Japanese began leaving Japan in search of means of sustenance; it became necessary to identify …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #4 Types of 6.7 Billion: "So, What's Yer Type?"

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, so many ways to catergorize yourself... Check back every weekend …

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Enduring Communities

Japanese Americans in the Interior West: A Regional Perspective on the Enduring Nikkei Historical Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah (and Beyond): Part 2

>> Part 1 The Nishizu family’s story of “relocation” and “resettlement” is only one among thousands of parallel versions involving other Japanese American mainlanders—truly a …

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南米の日系人、日本のラティーノ日系人

移民の子供と学力、親の強い意思が必要

1月と2月に、名古屋と横浜で財団法人海外日系人協会の主催で『在日日系人のための生活相談員セミナー』が実施された。その際、私は「帰国者の受け入れ支援に…

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A Great American Life

In the spring of 1945, a young man showed up at Walt Disney Studios hoping to find a job in their animation department. He brought …

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A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America - Excerpt Part 1

In the spring of 1942, a few months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor launched World War II in the Pacific, the United States …

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Dos visiones sobre los nisei: Watanabe y Matayoshi

En realidad, se trata de comprender que 110 años de inmigración japonesa al Perú no han transcurrido en vano.  ¿Cuál es el aporte de cuatro …

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My Name is Neal

Journal entry #-100 I.Q.'s: "Devolution of the species..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Stupidity is not a valid excuse..." Check back every weekend …

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Enduring Communities

Japanese Americans in the Interior West: A Regional Perspective on the Enduring Nikkei Historical Experience in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah (and Beyond): Part 1

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which allowed U.S. military commanders to designate military areas as “exclusion zones” from …