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JAPANESE AMERICAN

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 5, 2021
Katie Kitamura and the cognitive dissonance of being alive right now
Her new novel, “Intimacies,” introduces readers to the perceptive, digressive mind of an interpreter at The Hague who is dealing with loss, an uncertain relationship and an insecure world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2020
90% of young Nikkei adults want to connect with each other, survey shows
The survey, conducted last year, covered some 3,800 Nikkei aged between 18 and 35 in 36 countries and territories from North to South America, as well as Asia and Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2020
Irene Hirano, head of U.S.-Japan Council and widow of Sen. Inouye, dies
Irene Hirano, head of the U.S.-Japan Council and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, died Tuesday in Los Angeles following an extended illness, the council said Wednesday. She was 71.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2019
Exhibition about Japanese American A-bomb victims opens at Los Angeles museum
An exhibition featuring the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened Saturday in Los Angeles, telling the stories of Japanese Americans who were in the two cities when the bombs were dropped in August 1945.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2014
Celebrated Japanese-American California farm sows seeds for next generation
Growing up among rows of purple haze carrots, delicate Mara des Bois strawberries and corn sweet enough to eat raw, Makoto Chino might have been one of the best-fed kids in America.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2014
Democrat Ige of Japanese descent wins Hawaii gubernatorial race
Democrat David Ige, a third-generation Japanese-American, won the gubernatorial election in Hawaii on Tuesday, beating Republican Duke Aiona and other candidates, according to U.S. media reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2013
Activist honored for work to bring Japan and U.S. closer
Floyd Mori, a retired Japanese-American politician, was decorated by Japan last autumn for his decades-long contributions to deepening bilateral relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2013
Dancer says imagination is key to a full life
As a toddler, Yuriko Kikuchi lost her sisters and father to illness in California, was raised by relatives in Japan and then returned to the West Coast to face internment at a World War II relocation camp — all before realizing her dream to be a dancer in New York.

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