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>> Part 1In the years following, the couple lived very frugally and carefully saved practical…

Roy T. Ito • Nov. 28, 2008

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"Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire" - Book Review

If history tells us anything, it's what mistakes we've made and how we may attempt to fix them. Da…

Susan Kellogg • Nov. 27, 2008

Paraguay with Eyes Open

September 2008 marked my first opportunity to visit the capital city of Asunción, Paraguay. …

John Katagi • Nov. 26, 2008

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Los gritos de la memoria - Parte 1 de 2

Acerca de la memoria, el silencio y la sordura en la novela de Kenzaburo Oe: El grito silencioso1Pa…

Mario Zúñiga Lossio • Nov. 25, 2008

Journal Entry # 4th Thursday of 11th Month: "Tryptophan Coma..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 23, 2008

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Naotaro and Tsuruko, My Issei Parents - Part 1

Naotaro Ito was born in 1886 as a second son to a rice farming family in Kitsuneji, a tiny rural ha…

Roy T. Ito • Nov. 21, 2008

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

日本の日系ラティーノの飲食ビジネス

中南米の食材と日本の貿易日本ではほぼ世界中の食材が手に入る。そうした専門店もあるし、今はインターネットによって誰もが海外から取り寄せることができる。日本は基本的に貿易で栄えており、日本にはない石…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Nov. 20, 2008

Memoirs - Part 4 of 4: Amache and School Days

Read Part 3 >> Visit to Amache In mid-September 1942, after our first harvest was vir…

Herbert Hideyo Inouye • Nov. 19, 2008

The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

The Myth of the Eternal Return

Statistical data for 2007 reveal that more than 300,000 Brazilians are currently working in Japan, …

Célia Abe Oi • Nov. 18, 2008

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Journal Entry # 4.3x10 to the 19th power Permutations: "Damn That Erno..."