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Nikkei in San Jose: Japanese Brazilian

“Nikkei in San Jose” is a blog series by volunteer and writer, Judith Ichisaka and published by JAMsj. Through research and interviews, Judith explores the diversity of the Japanese diaspora here within San Jose, both through a historical and personal lens. This article explores the experience of Nikkei Brazilians through Judith’s research and interview with U.S. Olympian Tania Chie Swain and summarizes Judith’s learnings and experiences over the series! 

Nikkei in San Jose: Japanese Brazilian
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Nikkei in San Jose: Japanese Americans in ...

“Nikkei in San Jose” is a blog series by volunteer and writer, Judith Ichisaka and published by JAMsj. Through research and interviews, Judith explores the diversity of the Japanese diaspora here within San Jose, both through a historical and personal lens. This article explores the experience of Japanese Americans in Hawai’i through Judith’s research and interview with JAMsj Board Member Aaron Ushiro.

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Nikkei in San Jose: Japanese Peruvian

“Nikkei in San Jose” is a blog series by volunteer and writer, Judith Ichisaka and published by JAMsj. Through research and interviews, Judith explores the diversity of the Japanese diaspora here within San Jose, both through a historical and personal lens. This article explores the Japanese Peruvian experience through Judith’s research and interview with activist/community member Bekki Shibayama.

Nikkei in San Jose: Japanese Peruvian
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Nikkei in San Jose: Japanese Canadian

“Nikkei in San Jose” is a blog series by volunteer and writer, Judith Ichisaka and published by JAMsj. Through research and interviews, Judith explores the diversity of the Japanese diaspora here within San Jose, both through a historical and personal lens. This article explores the Japanese Canadian experience through Judith’s research and interview with San Jose Taiko’s Yurika Chiba. 

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Nikkei in San Jose: Meet Judith

“Nikkei in San Jose” is a blog series by volunteer and writer, Judith Ichisaka and published by JAMsj. Through research and interviews, Judith explores the diversity of the Japanese diaspora here within San Jose, both through a historical and personal lens. This article introduces Judith and her experiences that led to this project.

Nikkei in San Jose: Meet Judith

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Discoveries from the JAMsj Cataloging Project

Discoveries from the JAMsj Cataloging Project

The following two short articles were written by our two hardworking interns from Santa Clara University, Colin and Alex. As interns,

they are doing the crucial work of cataloging all the artifacts that are within the museum. This means creating records, researching, and in some cases restoring objects that are held within the museum.

Read on to learn about what they discovered about the history of baseball in San Jose Japantown, and the significance of sake and sake production companies in the Japanese-American community.

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