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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Popular in the 1940's: Nervous Tension..."

Neal Yamamoto • March 28, 2026

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Independent and self-reliant, 60 years after leaving Japan—Kensuke Ozaki's memoirs of Central America and the United States
The first time I joined a trading company and my fate
Kensuke Ozaki, who joined a Japanese trading company and achieved success during Japan's post-war e…

Kensuke Ozaki +1 • March 27, 2026

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Robert Frase: A Compassionate Administrator (Part III)—My interview with Robert Frase
Read Part II One early highlight of my career was that I had the good fortune to meet Robert Frase…

Greg Robinson • March 26, 2026

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A Tragic Mystery Solved in Defiant to the Last
New Film by Emiko Omori and Barbara Takei Sheds New Light on Tule Lake Jail Moment by moment, a se…

Gwen Muranaka • March 25, 2026

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Between Outside and Inside: Belonging as a Nikkei in Rural Kagoshima
Onsen Story It’s a cold winter’s day—the kind that draws steam from the water and makes the onsen …

Vince Takemi Ebata • March 24, 2026

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The life that persisted — A memory that learned to sustain
One morning, without seeking it, memory stirred. Not as a specific recollection or an ordered seq…

Hernán Armando Kitsutani Kian • March 23, 2026

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Shin Issei Journey
Episode 18: Quarantine Life
A semi-monthly comic that explores the experiences of contemporary Japanese immigrants in the U.S. …

Arisa Nakamura • March 22, 2026

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Portrait of Reiko T. Sakata
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Reiko T. Sakata

Backstory of Parents

(b. 1939) a businesswoman whose family volunterily moved to Salt Lake City in Utah during the war.

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Portrait of Tamio Wakayama
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Tamio Wakayama

Japanese Canadian Concentration Camps

(1941-2018) Japanese Canadian photojournalist and activist

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Wendy Shiba

A Family Incarcerated

(b. 1950) Corporate attorney, executive, and advocate promoting allyship and DEI

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Portrait of Masato Ninomiya
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Masato Ninomiya

What made your parents decide to move to Brazil?

Professor of Law, University of Sao Paulo, Lawyer, Translator (b. 1948)

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