As our name says, we are an organization that aims to create a global network of young Nikkeis. But who are the Nikkeis we are talking about? The most common definition of a Nikkei is someone whose ancestor was a Japanese that immigrated to another country before/after the 2nd world war. But we feel that this definition isn`t broad enough, for as it doesn`t include a lot of persons such...
On October 29th, we had our second NYN Summit Japan, an event that was started to make a space in the world to present and explore new ideas of young, multicultural and innovative people who have a strong connection to Japan or Japanese culture. This year, we focused on 3 things 1. Give our annual report on the activities and achievements of NYN during 2010-11 2. Presenting our...
Dear NYN Friends It is the time of the year when we gather together in person to share our visions and synergize our ideas to make this global network become what we want it to be. A year and four months have passed since Nikkei Youth Network was founded, and during that time Japan has been hit with 3 disasters: Earthquake, Tsunami and Radiation. This experience has...
Dear IS Volunteers! we are very happy and eager to tell you that, the fishermen of Fukkiurahama in Ishinomaki have invited us to a Kaki (Oyster) Party planned for us on June...
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Dear International Students, We have a new mission to go to Ishinomaki and Tohno. Please read the text below carefully before applying. Project by: Gakuvo part of...
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Dear friends, We are happy to announce to you a new project that we’ve been planning for quite some time. Its’s called Hana.bi |Japan + YOU Hana.bi is a...
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Dear International Students, We have new mission (Batch 26 and 27) dates for March to go to Ishinomaki and Kesennuma and Tohno. Please read the text below carefully before...
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Dear International Students, We have new mission (Batch 24 and 25) dates for February to go to Ishinomaki and Kesennuma and Tohno. Please read the text below carefully...
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Dear NYN Friends, We are announcing the final volunteer mission of this year. (We will have many more next year). The Tohoku area is getting really cold and windy so...
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On October 29th, we had our second NYN Summit Japan, an event that was started to make a space in the world to present and explore new ideas of young, multicultural and...
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Today we met with Jay Horinouchi, a Nikkei artist from Los Angeles who came to Japan to inspire himself more in Japan for his art, but encountered the 3.11...
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Dear NYN Friends It is the time of the year when we gather together in person to share our visions and synergize our ideas to make this global network...
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Mark Flanigan, un estudiante extranjero en Japón, ha escrito un artículo sobre su experiencia en Ishinomaki (prefectura de Miyagi) como voluntario. Nos cuenta que fue como parte de "ROAD Project" a Ishinomaki...
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Masako Itoh, our NYN delegate wrote an article at Alternativa Nikkei, a monthly magazine printed in Argentina, about our new portal Hana.bi. With Hana.bi we aim to provide a place where anyone can have a website or...
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Por Masako J. Itoh, publicado en La Plata Hochi, Noticiero del Plata ¿Participar o no participar? Esa es la cuestión. Hoy en día ya no quedan excusas: la instantaneidad de Internet, los vuelos aéreos que recorren...
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Mr. Minoru Matsutani, reporter of The Japan Times, which is one of the largest newspaper in English printed in Japan, was present on the NYN Summit and wrote a great article about the event. You can view it on their...
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Akira and I went on the MXTV The Goldenhour for the promotion of our upcoming event . It was a great honour for us to receive some airtime on that TV show to talk about our own activity! The Goldenhour is live on...
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On the latest edition of the International Press en español, the largest newspaper in Spanish in Japan, published on the 2nd of October of 2010 a full page article about the Nikkei Youth Network. If you are here in...
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The latest edition (no.163) of Mercado Latino, the most read magazine in Spanish language published in Japan, featured a two-page article about the Nikkei Youth Summit and the Nikkei Youth Network. If you can read...
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Dear International Students, We have new mission (Batch 24 and 25) dates for February to go to Ishinomaki and Kesennuma and Tohno. Please read the text below carefully before applying. Project...
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Today we met with Jay Horinouchi, a Nikkei artist from Los Angeles who came to Japan to inspire himself more in Japan for his art, but encountered the 3.11 earthquake like all of us here in Tokyo. Since...
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Soy peruano descendiente japonés de tercera generación. Hace 18 años que vine por primera vez a Japón, a partir de entonces mi vida está ligada a este gran país, pueblo del cual he aprendido bastante a tal punto...
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Después de estar cuatro días en Vancouver mi próxima parada es Ciudad de México. Me quede aquí como punto intermedio de mi destino final que es Cancún, donde un mega evento nikkei llamado Convención...
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Esta foi minha primeira viagem à Argentina, que embora seja vizinho ao Brasil, nunca tive a oportunidade de visitar anteriormente. Sabia que existia uma comunidade Nikkei, mas pessoalmente eu apenas conhecia o nosso...
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Nikkei Salvadoreño, se graduó de Bachiller en la Academia Británica Cuscatleca de El Salvador, luego viaja a los Estados Unidos para iniciar sus estudios de Ingeniería Industrial en la Purdue University of Indiana...
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Nikkei Argentina, culminó exitosamente sus estudios de literatura y lengua japonesa en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, para luego obtener la beca de The Nippon Foundation, es así que en el 2005 llega al Japón para...
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Peruano, sansei de 27 años, periodista de profesión graduado de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, al culminar su carrera decide viajar por el mundo teniendo como punto de partida la tierra de sus...
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Luces multicolores adornan árboles y avenidas, las calles lucen más hermosas que nunca, dulces melodías se escuchan al interior de las tiendas entonces una atmósfera diferente envuelve nuestros sentidos y es que...
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Date: October 16th to 17th, 2010 Place: Tokyo, Japan The NYN Summit is an event held once a year where outstanding young nikkeis and supporters from around the world come...
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by Masako Justa Itoh My experience in the Nikkei Youth Summit was as if someone would take me out in the sun, inside a flower pot to make me bloom. This metaphor is not mine;...
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I remember as a child knowing that I didn’t look “American” and because of that sometimes I didn’t feel “American” either. As a person of color living in the United...
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We have great news! Our NYN Media Director, Christian Zevallos Nakandakari is now a finalist for the 2010 Nippon Foundation Short film contest! Congratulations!!! we will be...
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Akira and I went on the MXTV The Goldenhour for the promotion of our upcoming event . It was a great honour for us to receive some airtime on that TV show to talk about our own...
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