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    Densho’s Online Photo Collection: Occupation-Era Japan—and Japanese-American Internment

    27 July, 2019

    Ted Akimoto's photos document the postwar occupation of Japan and Korea -- and are free to use at Densho. Nevin Thompson writes.

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    Nevin Thompson
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    Was a Japanese cybersecurity expert murdered by an online troll?

    11 July, 2018

    A Japanese cybersecurity expert engages with an online troll and winds up dead a month and a half later. Nevin Thompson reports.

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    Nevin Thompson
  • Photography

    The Quirky Tranquility of Japanese Suburbia, in Photos

    27 June, 2016

    Nevin Thompson plunges into the photography of the Japanese Suburbia Tumblr to bring you these images of odd.

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    Nevin Thompson