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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（旧…

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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った…

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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: A Mexican Fisherman Imprisoned in U.S. concentration camps

The Japanese attack on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 triggered war between the two countries. On this side of the Pacific, …

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Nikkei a Descoberto: uma coluna de poesia

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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 …