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A good friend of mine just got her American citizenship. It was a bit surprising that she didn&rsqu…

Yumiko Hashimoto • Oct. 31, 2008

The Transmission of Traditional Culture as seen in Paraná Folklore and Ethnic Festival, Brazil: Matsuri and the future of Nikkei communities with emphasis on Nikkei identity - Part 2 of 2

>> Part 1V. “Granny’s Dance” and Folk Dance: A Japanese European Comparison…

Shigeru Kojima • Oct. 30, 2008

Brazil communities culture festivals identity matsuri

Memoirs - Part 1 of 4: War Breaks Out, Everything Changes

Friends and family have asked me to chronicle my life experiences during World War II. Since I was　…

Herbert Hideyo Inouye • Oct. 29, 2008

Lectura de "La danzarina de Izu y Las bellas durmientes" de Yasunari Kawabata

Cuenta Gabriel García Márquez que en una ocasión Alain Jouffoy lo llamó…

Marco Martos • Oct. 28, 2008

Journal Entry # 3-1-207: "Le Chat Difference..."

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

Neal Yamamoto • Oct. 25, 2008

cartoons comics generations humor identity pets Yonsei

Far East Café Reunion – Memories and Nostalgia - Part 2 of 2

>> Part 1As part of the Far East Café Reunion, I gladly shared with the guests the sto…

Raymond Douglas Chong • Oct. 24, 2008

The Transmission of Traditional Culture as seen in Paraná Folklore and Ethnic Festival, Brazil: Matsuri and the future of Nikkei communities with emphasis on Nikkei identity - Part 1

I. Matsuri in Overseas Nikkei CommunitiesToday, overseas Nikkei communities celebrate traditional m…

Shigeru Kojima • Oct. 23, 2008

Brazil communities culture festivals identity matsuri

A Short History of Japanese Latin American Internment and the Fight for Full Redress

With Japan’s era of isolation ending with the Tokugawa Shogunate in the late 1800’s, it…

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • Oct. 22, 2008

Japanese Latin Americans Peru Redress movement World War II

Of Goodbyes and Invisibilities

What do you hate most about this world? Posed this question, you are undoubtedly thinking of force…

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • Oct. 22, 2008

The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

Children returning or arriving from Japan: Challenges and proposals

Within the context of international migrations and specifically within the dekasegi migratory movem…

Kyoko Yanagida Nakagawa • Oct. 21, 2008

Brazil children dekasegi education foreign workers migration Nikkei in Japan

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When Japanese people gain American citizenship - Part 1