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Mules on Izenajima, Okinawa
Did you know there are mules on Izenajima (Izena Island)? Well, recently there were two roaming aro…

Colin Y. Sewake • July 3, 2023

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families identity Izena Island Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
families identity Izena Island Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
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Augusto Ikemiyashiro, memories of a life dedicated to service
Augusto Ikemiyashiro does not seem like a man of this era. Their vocation for service and their st…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 21, 2023

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Augusto Ikemiyashiro Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
Augusto Ikemiyashiro Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
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Experience Okinawa!
Many Hawai‘i Uchinānchu (Okinawan persons) have visited their ancestral homeland, but relativ…

Colin Y. Sewake • May 23, 2023

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combat Erica Kunihisa generations Hawaii Japan karate martial arts Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu United States Yonsei
combat Erica Kunihisa generations Hawaii Japan karate martial arts Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu United States Yonsei
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Ginyu Igei: the teacher, the lighthouse
Ginyu Igei arrived in Peru with the halo of sensei. A teacher in his native Okinawa, the 26-year-o…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 18, 2023

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agriculture education farmers generations Ginyu Igei Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language schools language schools Lima migration Nanko Gakuen Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Peru schools teachers teaching Uchinanchu United States
agriculture education farmers generations Ginyu Igei Hawaii immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese language schools language schools Lima migration Nanko Gakuen Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Peru schools teachers teaching Uchinanchu United States
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Eriko Higa, born in Japan, raised in Bolivia, became a lawyer in the United States
Both parents grew up in Colonia Okinawa, Bolivia. I first met Eriko Higa, an immigration lawyer ba…

Keiko Fukuda • April 24, 2023

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Bolivia California dekasegi foreign workers immigrants immigration Japan lawyers Los Angeles migration Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Santa Cruz (Bolivia) United States
Bolivia California dekasegi foreign workers immigrants immigration Japan lawyers Los Angeles migration Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Santa Cruz (Bolivia) United States
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History—Okinawan Clubs of Hawaii
Preserving a Way of Life of Their Native Land My curiosity was piqued by a video interview by Ba…

Dan Nakasone • Nov. 15, 2022

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families Hawaii Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture United States Wahiawa Okinawa Kyo Yu Kai
families Hawaii Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture United States Wahiawa Okinawa Kyo Yu Kai
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The 18th Uchinanchu Festival: A gathering of Okinawans from around the world
A symbol of Okinawa's individuality The 7th World Uchinanchu Festival (organized by the Okinaw…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 11, 2022

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Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
Japan Okinawans Okinawa Prefecture Uchinanchu
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Revival of the Ryukyu Diplomacy through Uchinanchu Abroad! Alternatives to the Issue of Relocation of the US Military Base to Henoko—Part 2
Thousands of People from Brazil and Hawaii Gather for This Huge Event The next thing I think of af…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 2, 2022

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Henoko (Okinawa) Japan military bases Okinawa Prefecture
Henoko (Okinawa) Japan military bases Okinawa Prefecture
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Revival of the Ryukyu Diplomacy through Uchinanchu Abroad! Alternatives to the Issue of Relocation of the US Military Base to Henoko—Part 1
Announcing One’s Candidacy at the White House on a Whim? Shimoji Mikio (from Okinawa, 60 y…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 1, 2022

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Brazil Henoko (Okinawa) Japan Mikio Shimoji Okinawa Prefecture United States
Brazil Henoko (Okinawa) Japan Mikio Shimoji Okinawa Prefecture United States
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No. 13 "Identity is a place to belong" - Michie Yasufuso, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of NPO ABC Japan
Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City: A city of multicultural coexistence Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, is the main …

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 12, 2022

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ABC Japan (organization) Brazil Brazilians in Japan dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michie Yasufuso multiculturalism Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama
ABC Japan (organization) Brazil Brazilians in Japan dekasegi foreign workers identity Japan Kanagawa Prefecture Michie Yasufuso multiculturalism Nikkei in Japan Okinawa Prefecture Tsurumi Ward (Yokohama) Yokohama
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