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The Beautiful Haha-jima

Hahajima island

Haha-jima, or “Mother Island,” is located in Ogasawara Village, Tokyo. It’s about two hours from Futami Port in Chichijima Island via a liner. Haha-jima is…
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The Nikkei of Brazil

Nipo-brazilian family in the Bastos city colony, São Paulo State. Brazil, circa 1930.

During the Meiji Era, more Japanese sought a better way of life in other countries. The earliest Japanese nikkei (Japanese emigrants) were recorded as early…
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Jamming with J-pop Music and Artists

J-pop

Western music was introduced to Japan during the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912). The Japanese initially experienced Westernized pop music, kayōkyoku, in a dramatization of the Tolstoy classic…
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