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Artist and Documentarian: The Life of Kango Takamura
What images come to mind when we think of the wartime experience of Japanese Americans? For many, t…

Jonathan van Harmelen +1 • Aug. 28, 2023

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artists arts California concentration camps graphic arts Kango Takamura Manzanar concentration camp New Mexico painting Santa Fe Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States World War II camps
artists arts California concentration camps graphic arts Kango Takamura Manzanar concentration camp New Mexico painting Santa Fe Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States World War II camps
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On Nikkei
#34 Riki Ito, a female pioneer of America-mura: On a journey along the Japanese coastline③
Bring on the immigration fever In the previous article (No. 32) , "From Americamura in Shima C…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 11, 2023

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Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mie Prefecture migration pioneers prewar Riki Ito Santa Maria United States women
Amerikamura (Shima, Mie Prefecture) California generations Honshu immigrants immigration Issei Japan Mie Prefecture migration pioneers prewar Riki Ito Santa Maria United States women
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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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The Search for Truth: Piercing Three Layers of Deception
For years I have wanted to write about my family and ancestors to preserve stories of the struggl…

Alden M. Hayashi • Feb. 8, 2023

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Arkansas deportations families Hawaii Honolulu migration New Mexico Oahu prisons repatriation Sand Island detention facility Sand Island (Hawaii) Santa Fe United States World War II camps
Arkansas deportations families Hawaii Honolulu migration New Mexico Oahu prisons repatriation Sand Island detention facility Sand Island (Hawaii) Santa Fe United States World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #5 Great Powers: "I'm Telling You Why..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Dec. 17, 2022

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cartoonists cartoons holidays humor Santa Claus (fictitious character)
cartoonists cartoons holidays humor Santa Claus (fictitious character)
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The Medic: Makoto Yoshihara
I was preparing to speak to the Santa Maria Rotary Club about the Central California’s coast …

Jim Gregory • March 31, 2022

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California generations Makoto Yoshihara Nisei Santa Maria United States World War II
California generations Makoto Yoshihara Nisei Santa Maria United States World War II
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Reverend Aaron Allen Heist – A Profile in Courage
On November 6, 1943, the California State Assembly’s Committee on the Japanese Problem conven…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 28, 2022

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Aaron Allen Heist California religion Santa Maria United States
Aaron Allen Heist California religion Santa Maria United States
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The Curious Case of Ronald Lane Latimer: A Born-Again Buddhist - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> For the most part, existing biographies of Ronald Lane Latimer’s life c…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 23, 2021

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Buddhism New Mexico religion religions Ronald Lane Latimer Santa Fe United States World War II
Buddhism New Mexico religion religions Ronald Lane Latimer Santa Fe United States World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
An Unfortunate Break
They arrived in Peru on the same ship, the SS Hong Kong Maru. Four passengers among a small gr…

José Yoshida Sherikawa • Sept. 30, 2021

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Cañete Casa Blanca Japan Lima Peru Santa Barbara (Peru) World War II
Cañete Casa Blanca Japan Lima Peru Santa Barbara (Peru) World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Life with Grandpa Toyoji & Grandma Kii Imai - Part 1
PartGrandpa Toyoji (1869-1953--from Niigata, Japan) was unquestionably a unique person, exercising …

Akinori Imai • Sept. 20, 2021

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business economics families generations Hawaii Imai Shoten (store) immigrants immigration Issei Japan management migration New Mexico Santa Fe traditions United States World War II
business economics families generations Hawaii Imai Shoten (store) immigrants immigration Issei Japan management migration New Mexico Santa Fe traditions United States World War II
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