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Japan vs. Brazil?
In August 2016, Rio de Janeiro will host the Summer Olympic Games. As the athletes prepare to compe…

Henrique Minatogawa • June 21, 2016

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athletics Brazil FIFA World Cup identity Japan Olympics soccer sports World Cup
athletics Brazil FIFA World Cup identity Japan Olympics soccer sports World Cup
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Tetsuo Okamoto Swam to Show His “Japanese Spirit”—He Was One of Three Athletes of Japanese Ethnicity Representing Three Countries That Dominated the Podium of the 1,500-meter Freestyle Swimming at the Helsinki Olympic Games
Just two months away from the Rio Olympic Games, let us take a moment here. Do you know that once i…

Masayuki Fukasawa • June 14, 2016

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1950s athletes athletics Brazil Finland Ford Konno generations Helsinki Hironoshin Furuhashi Kachigumi (victory group) Makegumi (accept defeat group) medals Nisei Olympics sports swimming Tetsuo Okamoto
1950s athletes athletics Brazil Finland Ford Konno generations Helsinki Hironoshin Furuhashi Kachigumi (victory group) Makegumi (accept defeat group) medals Nisei Olympics sports swimming Tetsuo Okamoto
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Olympic Medalist Tommy Kono Dies at 85
Tommy Tamio Kono, who won three Olympic medals in weightlifting and became head coach of the U.S. O…

The Rafu Shimpo • May 30, 2016

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athletes athletics bodybuilding California coaches concentration camps Olympics Sacramento sports Tommy Kono Tule Lake concentration camp United States weight lifting World War II camps
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The History and Legacy of “Ragtag” Plantation Kids Who Became National Champion Swimmers
My favorite southern California bookstore is in Santa Barbara. Although located in a commonplace …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • March 8, 2016

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athletes athletics Hawaii Julie Checkoway Maui Olympics Soichi Sakamoto sports swimming The Three-Year Swim Club (book) Three Year Swim Club (play) United States World War II
athletes athletics Hawaii Julie Checkoway Maui Olympics Soichi Sakamoto sports swimming The Three-Year Swim Club (book) Three Year Swim Club (play) United States World War II
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Memories of the 1932 Olympics: A Page in Japanese American History
Nisshoki gaSutadiamu no men masuto ni agattaIma dewa yume de nakunatta.Kakkoku tokutenhyo niNihon…

Eriko Yamamoto • Feb. 10, 2016

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1930s athletes athletics California communities Japan Japanese American communities Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans More Than a Game (book) Olympics Southern California sports United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values
Walk It Off: True Grit & Gaman
“Walk it off.” When I was growing up, that was my father’s solution for almost ev…

Jeri Okamoto Tanaka • Oct. 9, 2015

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aesthetics athletics Discover Nikkei families fathers gaman (values) health human locomotion metaphysics Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) psychology sports theory of knowledge values walking
aesthetics athletics Discover Nikkei families fathers gaman (values) health human locomotion metaphysics Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) psychology sports theory of knowledge values walking
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Judo Film Release on the Eve of World Cup in Soccer Superpower Brazil
In early May, a month before the 2014 World Cup, a judo film called A Grande Vitória (direct…

Masayuki Fukasawa • June 3, 2014

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A Grande Vitória (film) athletics Brazil Chiaki Ishii combat films judo martial arts Max Trombini Olympics sports Uichiro Umakakeba
A Grande Vitória (film) athletics Brazil Chiaki Ishii combat films judo martial arts Max Trombini Olympics sports Uichiro Umakakeba
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> “BASEBALL SAVED US” The coming of World War II brought upheaval …

Brian Niiya • May 2, 2014

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athletics baseball basketball boxing coaches combat discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations judo martial arts Olympics sports sumo swimming tennis weight lifting World War II World War II camps wrestling
athletics baseball basketball boxing coaches combat discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations judo martial arts Olympics sports sumo swimming tennis weight lifting World War II World War II camps wrestling
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Japanese American National Museum Magazine
More Than A Game – Sport in the Japanese American Community, 1885 to Present - Part 1
Sport has played a major role in the life of Japanese American communities from the first establish…

Brian Niiya • May 1, 2014

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athletics baseball basketball boxing coaches combat discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations judo martial arts Olympics sports sumo swimming tennis weight lifting World War II World War II camps wrestling
athletics baseball basketball boxing coaches combat discrimination imprisonment incarceration interpersonal relations judo martial arts Olympics sports sumo swimming tennis weight lifting World War II World War II camps wrestling
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The Ice Skating Shibutani Siblings Share Their Olympic Dreams
All it took was a family trip to Washington D.C. and some incredible seats at the 2003 World Figure…

Sora Hwang • Feb. 14, 2014

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Alex Shibutani athletics dance figure skating ice dancing ice skating Maia Shibutani Mochi Magazine Olympics skating sports
Alex Shibutani athletics dance figure skating ice dancing ice skating Maia Shibutani Mochi Magazine Olympics skating sports
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