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Farewell to Manzanar, adapted from the memoir that Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston penned with her husband…

Esther Newman • Jan. 16, 2012

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Gina Hiraizumi, Actress/Singer

Gina Hiraizumi is one of the hardest working people in Hollywood. I’ve been a big fan of her …

Koji Steven Sakai • June 8, 2011

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

The Great Tohoku Disaster - Part 3

Read Part 2 >>This is a recreation of my personal experiences from the e-mails that I sent to…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 6, 2011

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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885 - 1924 - Part 10

Read Part 9 >> LABOR CONTRACTORS Unlike Hawaii, where plantation workers had direct cont…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • March 7, 2011

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Behind the Scenes of “Old Man River” (DVD)

Throughout his life, the late actor Jerry Fujikawa (Chinatown, M*A*S*H,Taxi) harbored a secret…

Darryl Mori • Aug. 25, 2010

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Journal Entry # ?R2: "Turnabout is Fairplay..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 23, 2008

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'Flower Drum Song' Actor, a Groundbreaking Leading Man Four Decades Ago, Sings a Slightly Different Tune

It’s often noted that James Shigeta is the only Asian American actor to be groomed as a roman…

Nichi Bei Times • Nov. 23, 2007

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From the perspective of two countries

ブレンダ・ウォン・アオキ～日米の物語を語る3世のソロ・パフォーマー～その２

＞＞その１家族の死を受け止めるために「汽車に乗って」は、ブレンダがアリス・ハギオという2世から直接聞いた話で、「Last Dance」（1998）に収録されている。第2次大戦中、日系人収容所に移送…

Tatsuya Sudo • July 2, 2010

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From the perspective of two countries

ブレンダ・ウォン・アオキ～日米の物語を語る3世のソロ・パフォーマー～その１

2007年から2008年にかけて、ブレンダ・ウォン・アオキは、「日米芸術家交換プログラム」で、夫君でベース奏者のマーク・イズ、息子で打楽器奏者のカイ・カネ・アオキ・イズ（別名KK）とともに、日本に滞…

Tatsuya Sudo • June 25, 2010

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日本人俳優、ハリウッドでの挑戦その２

その１を読む>> テレビドラマ「ヒーローズ」で一躍ブレイクした日本人俳優マシ・オカ。彼は劇中で、東京在住のサラリーマンを演じている。しかし、オカ本人は幼い頃にアメリカに移住してきたた…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 4, 2008

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