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26 May 2021
Posted by Lisa Uyeda 
Title: Topping knife. Collection: Yano Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 2013.57.3.4. Year: 1942. The hook was used to lift the heavy beet from the ground, then the beet was “topped,” meaning the leaves were cut from the beet. Beets were harvested in the fall....
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25 May 2021
Posted by Leanne Toshiko Simpson 
Writing group creating a digital zine to showcase participants' work. Author and artist Raymond K. Nakamura captured the community spirit of Mata Ashita in this brilliant comic. The zine, which will launch alongside Mata Ashita’s new website this summer, will evoke themes from the first six sessions...
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Posted by Anton Wagner 
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Genbaku Dome or the A-Bomb Dome is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo credit: Katy McCormick. Eighty per cent of those polled by Nanos Research stated that the world should work...
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Posted by nikkeivoice 
Title: "8mm Film Projector." Charles Campbell Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 2021.2.1.1.1. Circa 1930s. By Jeffery Chong BURNABY — This item is a Keystone 8mm film projector, model R-8, with serial number 491996, dating circa the 1930s. The projector comes...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Susan Langdon, a Toronto fashion executive, mentor and educator, was appointed a member of the Order of Canada on Dec. 31, 2020. Photo credit: Ted Belton. “I was a child then, but I do remember my mom saying this is an incredible honour, and wouldn't it be amazing if a Japanese Canadian was [recognized]...
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