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A son or daughter of issei parents who is born in America and especially in the United States and educated largely in Japan

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  • The Niihau incident itself got very little attention, as far as I know, either in the press or in the security analyses; much less than Japanese language schools and...
  • Known as kibei, they were fluent in Japanese, steeped in Japanese history and culture, and supporters of Japanese expansion in the Far East.
  • Nippostrongylus kendo kyu nisei kesa-gatame kyudo No keyaki linked verse nogaku kiaki mai noh kibei maiko nori kiku makimono norimon Kikuchi mama-san norito kikumon...
  • What’s particularly interesting about Lummis’s article — which goes on from there to discuss Benedict’s life and career in some detail, with the usual damning portrayal of...
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