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Part 26: Interview with Tsuneo Enari, author of "The Bride of America"

As the hidden history of postwar Japan Photographer Tsuneo Enari, who has captured things that pos…

Ryusuke Kawai • April 14, 2023

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Katase Tanaka Family: Returning to Sonora After the Concentration of the Great War

At the start of 1942, Japanese immigrant communities living in diverse areas of North America start…

Sergio Hernández Galindo • Feb. 1, 2023

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No. 22: War and Japanese Women Who Crossed the Sea - Reading "American Brides [Complete Edition]"

War brides after the war After Japan lost the war in 1945, many American soldiers and civilian empl…

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 27, 2023

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 11 (Part 2) Picture-Bride Marriages on the Rise

Read Chapter 11 (Part 1) >> HIGH BIRTH RATE OF JAPANESE In the column “The Rise and Fall of Main …

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 6, 2023

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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times

Chapter 11 (Part 1) Picture-Bride Marriages on the Rise

The last chapter reviewed the history of The North American Times. In this chapter, I will introduc…

Ikuo Shinmasu • Jan. 5, 2023

Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto

Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds

My grandfather, Wakaji Matsumoto, traveled across the Pacific Ocean to help his father in a forei…

Karen Matsumoto • Sept. 20, 2022

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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls

Part 5—Return to Japan and Final Days

Read Part 4 >> Lilly, upon thinking back, believed she lost at the very least 20 relatives in th…

Jon Stroud • Aug. 21, 2022

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The Spirit of Shinobu - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Sally’s earliest memories are of playing with Bernice and Beatrice Wong in back of …

Carlyn Leinani Tani • Aug. 19, 2022

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The Spirit of Shinobu - Part 1

The life, hardships and resilience of the Tani family As evening fell on July 18, 1926, a Dodge to…

Carlyn Leinani Tani • Aug. 18, 2022

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Lilly Krohn: Out of Suffering Have Emerged the Strongest Souls

Part 4—U.S. Citizenship, Family, and Brink of Death

Read Part 3 >> Becoming a U.S. citizen is a reality many Americans take on without appreciation …

Jon Stroud • Aug. 14, 2022

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