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Friday, February 14 2025
Origami : 折紙 | Award Winning Animated Short Film by Kei Kanamori

‘Origami’: A Wonderful Animated Short Film

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Origami is the Japanese traditional art form of paper folding.

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Literature of Japanese American Incarceration (Photo credit: Penguin Random House)

A New Anthology Of Japanese American Incarceration Stories During World War II Is Out

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While some may be familiar with Terie Miyamoto or TV and movie star George Takei and their background as internees or descendants of internees at U.S. concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II, theirs are not the only voices to talk about the experience.

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PHOTO AT TOP: Dora and Ken on their Wedding Day (Photo courtesy Sara Stover)

The Best Mistake: 66 Years Ago, Ken Stover Boarded The Wrong Ship And Found Aloha — Part 2

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In Part 1, we’re introduced to Ken and Dora Stover and how they first met. In this part, we learn about the challenges a biracial couple faces.

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Dora and Kenneth Stover (Photo courtesy Sara Stover)

The Best Mistake: 66 Years Ago, Ken Stover Boarded the Wrong Ship and Found Aloha — Part 1

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In this two-part series, we meed Ken and Dora Stover, who met and fell in love because Ken got on the wrong troop ship.

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George JOJI Kusunoki Miller

George ‘JOJI’ Kusunoki Miller and His Focus on Finding Himself

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George Kusunoki Miller — aka JOJI — started finding himself when his journey began in Osaka, Japan, where he was born.

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Japanese Military Medals

The Journey Of A Japanese Military Medal Of Honor From One Family To Another

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This is the story the finding of a Japanese military medal of honor. A MILITARY B.R.A.T. LIVING IN JAPAN Born on Fort Bragg in North Carolina, U.S.A. and raised in multiple countries, Dale Harrison is a military B.R.A.T. with many […]

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Terie Miyamoto’s Spiritual Journey To Honor Her Family At The Ireichō

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When growing up, Terie Miyamoto would hear her older relatives talk about something that happened while they were at “Camp” and assume they meant a summer or sleepaway camp. It wasn’t until Miyamoto was much older that she learned the […]

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Smokin' with Matt host, holding a plate of Spam musubi snacks. Credit Antoinette Lee Toscano

How The Amazing Spam Musubi Blends Asian And U.S. Cultures Into A Delicious, Inexpensive Snack

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(Note: This article refers to “Matthew James Berrafato” because he has an uncle, Matthew Berrafato, who is also a photographer.) Irish-Italian-American photographer and all-around outdoorsman Matthew James Berrafato, a Third Culture Adult (TCA), missed the Hawaiian islands he had grown to […]

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