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Carlos Yushimito: The inevitable readings of a writer

His days pass in the academic world, in Viña del Mar, a city in the interior of Chile where …

Javier García Wong-Kit • April 9, 2024

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Kazuo Yakura—First Japanese American to Serve in the U.S. Secret Service

Born in 1936 in Los Angeles, California, Kazuo Yakura always dreamed of serving in law enforcement.…

Teri Lim • March 1, 2024

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Finding Joy in Cuba

It’s hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged. It’s a place t…

Sharon Yamato • Jan. 11, 2024

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A Circus in Tulare: The Story of Congressman Alfred Elliott and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The next task on Elliott’s political agenda was to extend the bo…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 9, 2024

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A Circus in Tulare: The Story of Congressman Alfred Elliott and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans — Part 1

As part of my ongoing dissertation research on Congress and the wartime incarceration of Japanese A…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Jan. 8, 2024

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Continental Drift: How anti-Japanese sentiment in Australia affected Nikkei Communities in the US and Canada

During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to di…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 20, 2023

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The JABA Legacy Project: Don Tamaki—A Bridge Between Communities—Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Vindicating Camp Survivors Tamaki felt that he and the rest of the legal tea…

Drew Yamamura • Oct. 6, 2023

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The JABA Legacy Project: Don Tamaki—A Bridge Between Communities—Part 1

Donald K. Tamaki is intersectionality personified. As Senior Counsel at Minami Tamaki LLP, his li…

Drew Yamamura • Oct. 5, 2023

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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging

Chapter 5—Japan as Number One

I was waiting near the entrance to the third university in Tokyo where I was to teach as a visiting…

Lon Kurashige • Aug. 25, 2023

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Choices for Japanese People Living in America

Shinya Miyata, who moved to the U.S. as a resident 41 years ago and has permanent residency, plans to return to Japan permanently soon.

Final home in Japan Shinya Miyata, who I interviewed online, was smiling broadly on the other side…

Keiko Fukuda • May 31, 2023

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