July 2012
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Hundreds journey back to long-stigmatized Tule Lake Segregation Center
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series. The 2012 Tule Lake Pilgrimage, held from June 30 through July 3, not only received a huge response of close […] READ MORE
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Friendships and trials across nations
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
TOMO: FRIENDSHIP THROUGH FICTION – AN ANTHOLOGY OF JAPAN TEEN STORIES Edited By Holly Thompson (Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 2012, 384 pp., $14.95, paperback) Children’s author Holly Thompson, who […] READ MORE
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The heart of Japanese cooking
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
MY JAPANESE TABLE: A LIFETIME OF COOKING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY By Debra Samuels, photographs by Heath Robbins (North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 2011, 176 pp., $27.95, hardcover) When I […] READ MORE
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A sushi pioneer’s American Dream
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
SHIRO: WIT, WISDOM AND RECIPES FROM A SUSHI PIONEER By Shiro Kashiba (Seattle: Chin Music Press, 2011, 320 pp., $20, paperback) Filled with childhood photographs, notes and personal anecdotes, “Shiro: […] READ MORE
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Groundbreaking works ‘connect the dots’ of Nikkei experience before, during and after WWII
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
AFTER CAMP: PORTRAITS IN MIDCENTURY JAPANESE AMERICAN LIFE AND POLITICS By Greg Robinson (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2012, 328 pp., $27.95, paperback) PACIFIC CITIZENS: LARRY AND GUYO TAJIRI […] READ MORE
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Richard Aoki: The man, the activist, the leader
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
SAMURAI AMONG PANTHERS: RICHARD AOKI ON RACE, RESISTANCE, AND A PARADOXICAL LIFE By Diane C. Fujino (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012, 496 pp., paperback; $24.95; cloth, $75) It has […] READ MORE
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What happens when goodwill and baseball collide?
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
BANZAI BABE RUTH: BASEBALL, ESPIONAGE, & ASSASSINATION DURING THE 1934 TOUR OF JAPAN By Robert K. Fitts (Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2012, 368 pp., $34.95, hardcover) Some 17 […] READ MORE
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An international account of America’s favorite pastime
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
TRANSPACIFIC FIELD OF DREAMS: HOW BASEBALL LINKED THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN IN PEACE AND WAR By Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012, 344 […] READ MORE
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How Leslie got her groove back
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
THE READING LIST: LITERATURE, LOVE AND BACK AGAIN By Leslie Shimotakahara (Toronto: Variety Crossing Press, 2012, 190 pp., $18.95 CAN, paperback) Available in Canada only via Publisher Variety Crossing Press, […] READ MORE
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A place of their own
July 26, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
OTAKU SPACES By Patrick W. Galbraith, photographs by Androniki Christodoulou (Seattle: Chin Music Press, 2012, 240 pp., $20, paperback) Patrick Galbraith is no newcomer to the otaku scene in Japan. […] READ MORE
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