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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Preserve your treasures before it’s too late
By Linda Harms Okazaki, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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April 18, 1906. San Francisco was struck by an earthquake, followed by a devastating fire, which left hundreds of thousands homeless, and which destroyed all of the public records at […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Florence Toshiko Fujinaga
FUJINAGA, FLORENCE TOSHIKO, 94, entered Nirvana on April 26, 2019. She was born in Penryn on June 8, 1924 to the late Ichisaku and Sen Iseki. She was preceded in […] READ MORE
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Researching ‘war brides’
By Linda Harms Okazaki, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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…thousands of GIs stationed (or on leave) in Japan, both during and after the occupation, returned home with Japanese wives. Some of these men were Nisei soldiers. There were many reasons why Japanese women married American men. Obviously, many of the couples married for love. But some of the women may have been trying to… READ MORE
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Dysfunction and sacrifice as binding ties
ART HANSEN, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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REPENTANCE By Andrew Lam (North Point, Fla.: Tiny Fox Press, 2019, 283 pp., $15.95, paperback) Andrew Lam, the author of the book under review, studied history at Yale University — […] READ MORE
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Vital Records — A vitally important part of your family history research
By Linda Harms Okazaki, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Vital Records are legal documents of major life events. Typically, these are birth, marriage, and death records. Usually they contain critical clues that can help you document your family history. More importantly, these records connect one generation to the next. In order to receive documents in Japan, you must prove your lineage to someone on… READ MORE
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THROUGH YONSEI EYES: The virtue of goodbye
Mika Osaki
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Late March and early April are times of great change within the Japanese school system. In March, the students have their graduation ceremonies. They are serious affairs filled with tears and stoicism. It’s difficult to move on from a middle school. READ MORE
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Read all about it — Using newspapers to build your family tree
By Linda Harms Okazaki, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Newspapers allow us to see into the historical period in which our ancestors lived. Newspapers help us to understand the general information about a time and place, and they are chock-full of treasures pertaining to the lives of our ancestors. Often, we are able to glean specific details which cannot be found anyplace else: a… READ MORE
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THROUGH YONSEI EYES: School lunch
Mika Osaki
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Like many things in Japan, school lunch is a ritual. It’s not cafeteria-style like in the states. Students will spend their entire day, including lunch, in their classrooms, and teachers will rotate every period. After the fourth period bell rings, several students will don ridiculously adorable white aprons and hats, and go down to the… READ MORE
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DEAN OF THE COLUMBO J-SCHOOL: Passionate and profane, K.W. Lee fights on at 90
By STEPHEN MAGAGNINI / Special to the Nichi Bei Weekly
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By STEPHEN MAGAGNINI Special to the Nichi Bei Weekly RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — The man with nine lives has made his last stand in his bunker in Rancho Cordova, a […] READ MORE
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FINDING YOUR NIKKEI ROOTS: Traditions: A vital component of family history
By Linda Harms Okazaki, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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The new year celebrations are an opportunity to ensure that your traditions are passed down to your future descendants. Start by creating a journal or calendar of family events, keeping them organized chronologically. Do you celebrate Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year)? If so, how do you do that? READ MORE
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