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Research on Japanese American Literary Magazines: Focusing on Japanese Language Magazines

Many Japanese-language magazines for Japanese Americans were lost during the chaotic times of war and the postwar period, and were …

Sataye Shinoda +1 • Jan. 7, 2011 - Nov. 25, 2011

The United States Vs. Takaichi Sakai

Koji Sakai writes about his grandfather's experiences during World War II. "I believe my Grandfather’s World War II experience is …

Koji Steven Sakai • Sept. 2, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2011

Japanese education across the ocean

The second installment of the Discover Nikkei column by Yukio Negawa of the University of Brasilia. As an example of …

Sachio Negawa • Sept. 18, 2008 - Aug. 30, 2011

Yonsei Study Abroad

Nathan Kenji Kasai is a fourth generation Japanese American foreign exchange student at Ristumeikan University in Kyoto. He is studying …

Nathan Kenji Kasai • May 9, 2011 - Aug. 26, 2011

Excerpts from "Dream of the water children, dream of the water children"

This is an anthropology of memory, a journal and memoir, a work of creative non-fiction. It combines memories from recall, …

Fredrick Cloyd • June 10, 2011 - Aug. 5, 2011

Ono Family during World War II

This series shares the stories of the author’s family and relatives during their tumultuous journey from when Japan attacked Pearl …

Gary T. Ono • Dec. 2, 2009 - June 1, 2011

To and from Manzanar

This is a column series by Takamichi Go, who studied in the United States in 2002 and became interested in …

Takamichi "Taka" Go • April 9, 2008 - April 28, 2011

West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care

Nikkei eldercare was the right choice for my Japanese-speaking Issei grandmother, but will it be the choice my Nisei mother …

Nancy Matsumoto • March 25, 2010 - April 8, 2011

From Densho's Archives

Densho has collected hundreds of hours of video testimony and tens of thousands of historical images. This series presents selections …

Denshō • Nov. 8, 2006 - March 16, 2011

Stories of Students Coming to Japan - Migration Research by Members of the Migration Research Group

The Migration Study Group was formed in 2005 with the aim of students living in the Kansai region working together …

Yoshitaka Hibi +7 • May 14, 2009 - March 2, 2011

Japanese people beyond the Andes

They crossed the Andes on foot, then traveled down the Amazon River by canoe into Bolivia. It was a hellish …

Yasukara Hayashida +1 • Dec. 15, 2010 - Jan. 12, 2011

Japan in the World and the World

150 years have passed since the Kanrin Maru arrived in America, and since Japan's transition to modern society, many Japanese …

Ryusuke Kawai • July 28, 2010 - Nov. 19, 2010

What Pearl Harbor Wrought

What Pearl Harbor Wrought is an episodic novel written by Akio Konoshima, an Issei who was interned at Heart Mountain …

Akio Konoshima • Aug. 30, 2010 - Nov. 16, 2010

From a Japanese American Literature Class at a German University

This series of articles come from a Japanese American Literature class in Germany. Bettina Hofmann teaches American Studies at the …

Lütfiye Bagci +8 • Sept. 22, 2010 - Nov. 10, 2010

The War of Japanese Buddhists

We will introduce the wartime and postwar experiences of three Japanese Buddhists, taken from a series of articles published in …

Yukikazu Nagashima • Oct. 14, 2010 - Oct. 28, 2010

From the perspective of two countries

There are approximately 3 million Japanese people living overseas, of which approximately 1 million are said to be in the …

Tatsuya Sudo • Nov. 16, 2009 - Oct. 22, 2010

Little Tokyo Community Profiles - 2010

In the Spring of 2010, Discover Nikkei partnered with Professor Morgan Pitelka of Occidental College and his students taking the …

Janelle Curtis +9 • April 26, 2010 - June 28, 2010

The year of a Brazilian across the world

My grandparents on my mother´s side left their homeland in Japan, Fukuoka, in search of a better life in Brazil. Like …

Silvia Lumy Akioka • May 12, 2009 - May 26, 2010

Crazy about Japanese Culture: A series in which we ask "gaijin" (foreigners) who are experts in traditional Japanese culture about their fascination with the culture

Shamisen, pottery, poetry recitation, martial arts, kimono...Americans who are experts in these fields talk about their encounters with Japanese culture …

Keiko Fukuda • June 11, 2009 - Feb. 17, 2010

"Meeting to consider the future of Japanese children" ~An attempt in the Yguazu settlement in Paraguay~

Mr. Oyama worked as an electrical engineer in the capital Asuncion several decades ago, and then moved to Paraguay with …

Kunio Oyama • Sept. 10, 2009 - Jan. 25, 2010

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