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Olympics carry a question: What does it mean to be Japanese?
August 5, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Two multiracial athletes, two high-profile roles: Rising NBA star Rui Hachimura carried the Japanese flag at the Olympics’ opening ceremony. Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron. […] READ MORE
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The Megumi Nishikura Story: Filming the distant dance of multiracial Japanese identity
September 24, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
To many in Japan, Megumi Nishikura doesn’t look like a Megumi. “People would assume that I was fully Japanese and when I would go meet them in-person they would do […] READ MORE
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Multiracial athletes sparking debate in Japan ahead of 2020 Games
August 29, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Amid a shifting cultural landscape, a handful of talented multiracial athletes are among some of Japan’s best chances to reach the podium at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics and […] READ MORE
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Nikkei Brewers Yelich and Hiura having monster seasons in Majors
August 15, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
After taking the Los Angeles Dodgers to a full seven games in the 2018 National League Championship Series, the Milwaukee Brewers entered the 2019 Major League Baseball Season with high hopes. Those hopes hinge on a talented roster that includes Nikkei players Christian Yelich and Keston Hiura. READ MORE
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ELUSIVE DREAMS: Proud hapa finds marrow match but loses cancer battle
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
After enduring a year’s worth of treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Paul Ota decided to fly home to the Bay Area to pick up his universal passport. A universal passport is […] READ MORE
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WALKING THE MIDDLE PATH: USC professor engages hapa identity via Buddhism
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
If there’s one person besides, perhaps, Naomi Osaka, who has reinvigorated the subject of mixed race in the Japanese diaspora, it’s Duncan Ryūken Williams. Born and raised in Tokyo by […] READ MORE
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Multiracial athletes of Japanese descent and their ascent
May 23, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
March 21, 2019, Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the bottom of the eighth, Ichiro Suzuki trotted off the baseball diamond for the last time, waving to an unusually emotional […] READ MORE
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Mixed-race JA woman documents first trip to Japan
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes Written and illustrated by Christine Mari Inzer (North Clarendon, Vt.: […] READ MORE
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Raising hope and awareness for mixed-race bone marrow matches
March 30, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
As a multiracial American (Japanese-Okinawan, Mexican, and German), I’ve always thought of my mixed-ness as a unique part of my identity. Recently though, I’ve learned that this attribute is a […] READ MORE
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Mixed-heritage Japanese Americans seek bone marrow matches
October 27, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Last January, Paul Ota felt a pain in his chest. Maybe, he thought, he had pulled a muscle at the gym. Upon visiting his doctor, though, Ota was diagnosed with […] READ MORE
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