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Discover Nikkei at COPANI XV - Uruguay 2009

Discover Nikkei hosted two sessions at the COPANI conference in Montevideo, Uruguay held from September 17–19, 2009. The sessions were …

Luis Hirata Mishima +5 • Sept. 15, 2009 - Jan. 12, 2010

The Nikkei phenomenon as a differential being

The writer and researcher Emi Kamatsu develops a philosophical and anthropological analysis of Nikkei being, thinking and acting. It begins …

Emi Kasamatsu • Feb. 20, 2008 - Sept. 1, 2009

Baishakunin, Inc.

"Baishakunin, Inc." is a new work of fiction from Naomi Hirahara the author of the Edgar Award-winning Mas Arai mystery series and …

Naomi Hirahara • Sept. 12, 2008 - Aug. 14, 2009

Dramatic changes in the dekasegi industry: The truth behind the large-scale return to Brazil

Dekasegi workers fell victim to the financial crisis of 2008. It is not only in Japan that the environment surrounding …

Norie Watanabe • June 13, 2009 - Aug. 1, 2009

Japanese laborers at the San Nicolás hacienda (1899-1924)

Through a series of 5 articles, Humberto Rodríguez Pastor records the presence of Japanese in the Hacienda San Nicolás (Supe …

Humberto Rodríguez Pastor • June 30, 2009 - July 28, 2009

Little Tokyo Community Profiles

Discover Nikkei partnered with Professor Morgan Pitelka of Occidental College and his students taking the Spring 2009 seminar “Japanophilia: Orientalism, …

Caitlin Anderson +10 • April 10, 2009 - June 23, 2009

The disappearance of dekasegi workers: the suffering of families living away from home in Brazil

This article is reprinted from Nikkei Shimbun ( www.nikkeyshimbun.com.br ), a Japanese-language newspaper published in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo State, …

Yasuhisa Ikeda • Feb. 26, 2009 - April 7, 2009

Experiences of the Japanese community in Brazil

A series written by the pen name Haga Fumito. The author, who became involved with the Japanese community in Brazil …

Fumihito Haga • Dec. 18, 2008 - March 5, 2009

Dedicated to improving the lives of the Amazon River people: Japanese people taking on social inequality

This article is reprinted from Nikkei Shimbun ( www.nikkeyshimbun.com.br ), a Japanese newspaper published in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo State, …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 15, 2009 - Feb. 17, 2009

Little Momo in the Big Apple

A column of reflections written from the perspective of a Nikkei, an American, an Asian American, a native Californian, a Japanese American …

Simone Momoye Fujita • Jan. 18, 2008 - Dec. 19, 2008

The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community

A series of articles from panelists at a Discover Nikkei Symposium—“100 Years of Japanese Immigration: The Multiple Identities of the …

Andréia Ferreira +5 • Sept. 19, 2008 - Dec. 3, 2008

The Nihongo Papers

Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara presents a bioterrorism thriller that involves characters that span generations and continents, strawberries, and a mystery …

Naomi Hirahara • Sept. 14, 2007 - Aug. 8, 2008

Being Nikkei in Peru: A mark of identity

The Nikkei identity in Peru was built in a multiethnic and multicultural landscape. This historical experience was carried out while …

Doris Moromisato • Feb. 27, 2007 - Aug. 5, 2008

The Japantown in Brazil

The Bairro Oriental (Oriental neighboorhood) of São Paulo - living within the chaos of its walls, the same question crossed …

Sachio Negawa • March 16, 2007 - July 24, 2008

News from Nippon Mura, Brazil

This is a 15-part column that introduces the lives and thoughts of the Japanese community in a small town in …

Shigeo Nakamura • Feb. 1, 2007 - June 26, 2008

Young Japanese people's views of Japan and the world

A personal account from young Japanese-American Akira Uchimura. He talks about the world from various perspectives, including his experiences studying …

Akira Uchimura • March 4, 2008 - May 13, 2008

Mensole! Okinawa in the USA

Keiko Fukuda's seventh installment of her series on the Okinawan community in America. Reprinted from US Frontline , a free …

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 17, 2008 - March 29, 2008

COPANI & KNT (2007)

This is a series of reports and presentations from the Joint Convention of COPANI & KNT held July 18 - …

Harry K. Honda +9 • Nov. 23, 2007 - Feb. 14, 2008

JET Tales from Aomori

This column was contributed by Allison Reed, a second year Assistant Language Teacher on the JET (Japanese Exchange and Teaching) …

Allison Reed • April 4, 2007 - Dec. 28, 2007

half enough

"Half Enough" is Victoria's first regular column series. Opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of Discover Nikkei.

Victoria Kraus • Oct. 27, 2006 - July 7, 2007

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