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Journal Entry # Over 73,000 Species: "Plant a Tree..."

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 21, 2026

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We Who Resist
Episode 2 (Part1): Susan Hayase and Tom Izu
Back in 2021, I had spoken to Susan Hayase and Tom Izu about the “Hidden Histories of San Jose Japa…

Tamiko Nimura • Feb. 20, 2026

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
Remembrance
As we are in the midst of dozens of Day Of Remembrance programs happening all across North America,…

Matthew Weisbly +1 • Feb. 19, 2026

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The documentary Bunka Means Culture and the stories of Nikkei cuisine
Peruvian cuisine has always been characterized by its diversity, and within this melting pot of inf…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 18, 2026

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Grooves between worlds: An Interview with DJ Chihana Sakurai
I got to live in Montreal, Quebec, for two months this summer. While there, I had the opportunity…

Maya G. Fuentes • Feb. 17, 2026

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The Inventory of Emptiness
Being Nikkei is like juggling plates. On one plate there's gaman — that Japanese habit of endurin…

Fabio Sakata • Feb. 16, 2026

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Resist: Kodomo no Tame Ni
Kodomo no Tame Ni—“for the sake of our children” is a phrase often cited by Japanese Americans to d…

Gwen Muranaka • Feb. 15, 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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Listen to the stories of Nikkei from around the world through life history video interviews. An Issei pioneer from Brazil, a woman incarcerated in Canada during World War II, a professional taiko performer, a former U.S. state governor ...these are some of the real people who share their life experiences from the Nikkei perspective.
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