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Generations

By Kristen Nemoto
March 8, 2024
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In an effort to help bridge the gap between generations of Japanese Americans, we asked William “Bill” Kaneko (Sansei), Nate Gyotoku (Yonsei) and Jacqueline Kojima (Gosei), to define, in each of their perspectives, what it’s like to be of their generation. Their answers, unique of their own experience and upbringing, shares the cohesive understanding of gratitude and kuleana that they have of their ancestors before them and what they feel must be done to continue the values and morals taught to them to the next generation.

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Kristen Nemoto
Kristen Nemoto Jay was the former editor of The Hawai’i Herald: Hawai’i’s Japanese American Journal. Her late grandfather, Wilbert Sanderson Holck, was a 442nd RCT veteran and, after the war ended, helped create the sister-city relationship between Bruyeres, France and Honolulu, Hawai’i. She has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Chapman University and a master’s degree in journalism from DePaul University. When she’s not working full time as a manager of corporate communications for a health insurance company, Nemoto Jay enjoys teaching yoga and spending time with her husband and two daughters.

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